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• 1. Rod  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:54 am

  1st gun

• 2. munesh  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:57 am

  2

• 3. munesh  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:57 am

  3?

• 4. Mad  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am

  top 5 again??

• 5. norman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am

  What a fukked up refreshed blog this is. One day I will read something original by you instead of the copy and paste bullshit you do so frequently from better blogs and simply try to change a word here and there. Laughable and fukked up!

  As far as what’s hot. Dein has lost all respect from me. Why a russian? Yes he isnt as bad a Chelsea’s owner but I would have taken the american ten times. I just hope the board stick to their guns here, contact Kroenke who is now firmly shut out and buy his shares. It will send a very strong message to comrade Dein.

• 6. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:00 am

  Top 10!

• 7. GilbertoSilver  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am

  norman, what are you talking about?

• 8. Word -is-Bond  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:02 am

  norman, is your second name bates?

• 9. norman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:05 am

  GS, Im talking about the fact that comments made on Arseblog, ANR and 1 other that escapes me that was up earlier than this covered certain issues that our friend above used almost word for word. No orginality. At least give it your own spin or quote it for fuk sakes.

• 10. Ruralgoon  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:08 am

  Morning!

  Not at all happy with this Russian/tangoman business… not at all happy. My gut feeling is that this is really really bad news for the club. I don’t trust these men at all. This is some sort of money laundering scam…. and Dein has gone right down in my estimations. No, this is really not a good thing for the club…

• 11. GilbertoSilver  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:09 am

  What do you expect? We’re all talking about the same news, so of course we’re covering the same issues.

  I don’t give a fuck what arseblog or ANR put up and when they do it; I write what I want when I want. If what arseblog says today crosses over with what I say it’s only because we agree on the matter.

  No-one is forcing you to read.

• 12. Innocent  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:10 am

  Hey, Gilberto Silva, who are you really?

• 13. ausernal  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:10 am

  Fucking money makes the world go round

• 14. djs  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:10 am

  just missed it, arse

• 15. GilbertoSilver  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:11 am

  Innocent:

  I’m really Tomas Rosicky.

• 16. Ruralgoon  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:15 am

  GS; I dont believe you, sorry!!

  Now, If you’d said you were Martin Keown, you might’ve had us fooled.

• 17. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:16 am

  Ia gree with you GS, things are gonna get messy. I just hope Wenger and the team arent effected. The players shouldnt be but Wenger, i would imagine, would have known that this was going to happen. I wonder who be backs in all this ?

• 18. Innocent  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:16 am

  Of course, silly me. Interesting reading all this. Irrelevant of the ownership the players are all the same and the desire to win doesn’t change. SUrely it is the players and the supporters that makes the club great.

• 19. greatGod11  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:19 am

  mmmm, i’d really really like to believe that this wasn’t sinister at all, and it’s a way of Arsenal man “Dein” to take us upto super-club level and dominate European football. But somethings not right - the whole “red & white holdings” ethos seems distinctly ruthless. Especially the way Dein announced all of this hours after Arsenal qualified for the CL, thus securing a potential £50 mil for this season. I know football is big business, but i wonder whether dein’s love affair with arsenal is receptical

• 20. norman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:20 am

  Forgive me Thomas, you are a legend!

  I see your writing skills are as good as your goal scoring abilities though! Could do with a little work.

• 21. Marcuvious  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:20 am

  Norman, I am new to this blog but have to say it is the best one I have read, I dont see anything on the other blogs regarding the takeover yesterday afternoon.We heard about it first here………

  So what the hell are you talking about??

• 22. nacer  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:22 am

  we need a last minuite transfer lads….

• 23. Marcuvious  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:23 am

  Nacer……..Not a chance!!

• 24. Pete  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:23 am

  norman, people agree with each other all the time. Any quotes from Arseblog have been credited and both blogs regularly tag each other. Why? Because both authors respect the opinion and writing quality of the other.

  Many Arsenal fans feel the same way about this takeover - highly uncomfortable. We can’t all have original opinions. Mine are very similar to those expressed here, and simply that Dein is talking as much bull when he claims he has the club’s best interests at heart as he did when he made the statement at the top, now exposed as so hypocritical.

  Good blog, GS.

• 25. Innocent  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:24 am

  I’m available, but very expensive.

  Have faith in your team boys.

• 26. Alex  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:24 am

  Congratulations Gilberto Silver on some excellent analysis of Red & White’s takeover offer, especially Note 1. It helps us understand their policy much better.

  One can only hope that the board (apart from keeping the existing flock together) reach out successfully to the Arsenal Supporters Trust who are being myopic in their support to Red & White.

  The Arsenal Board’s conduct over the years has been exemplary. They have not accepted dividends and have ploughed all internal accruals back into club infrastructure (like the stadium) over the years. Moreover, even though the lure of the moolah to be made if they liquidate their holding is insanely high, they are not selling (ala Dein). All this while they back Arsene with whatever resources he requires to further bolster our team.

  Supporters who think we’ll start investing heavily in Galactico players if DD takes over as Chairman are mistaken. Do they believe Wenger will change his transfer strategy and his mind overnight and become just like the rest of our contemporaries?

• 27. Arseblog - “It̵&hellip  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:25 am

  [...] Henry Winter in the Telegraph, Arsenal at War in the Mail, First blow in a bloody battle - David Bond, Goodplaya on Dein’s ego vs Arsenal , Hypocritical Dein cannot be trusted - Gunnerblog [...]

• 28. qobby  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:26 am

  20. norman | August 31st, 2007 at 11:20 am
  Forgive me Thomas, you are a legend!

  I see your writing skills are as good as your goal scoring abilities though! Could do with a little work.
  ……………………………………………………..
  Stop coming to this blog if u feel so. Or is someone forcing you to read.
  Gunnerblog is actually the best arsenal blog out of the whole lot.
  SO PISS OFF!!!!

• 29. Word -is-Bond  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:35 am

  #

  28. qobby | August 31st, 2007 at 11:26 am

  20. norman | August 31st, 2007 at 11:20 am
  Forgive me Thomas, you are a legend!

  I see your writing skills are as good as your goal scoring abilities though! Could do with a little work.
  ……………………………………………………..
  Stop coming to this blog if u feel so. Or is someone forcing you to read.
  Gunnerblog is actually the best arsenal blog out of the whole lot.
  SO PISS OFF!!!!

  ___

  Can I get an Amen!?

• 30. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:35 am

  Amen!

• 31. Rod  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:37 am

  Deain may be hypocritical, but he does genuinely love the Arsenal, thats one thing that can’t be doubted. At the start of all the takeovers I’m sure he was as mystified as all of us, but he realises that the world changes and we need to move with it or be left behind. Thats why he’s been courting probably all known billionaires around since his departure in order to keep us at the top. The difference with this potential takover and the others s that at least at the top stands a real fan, not someone in it for a quick buck, and so there is genuine long-term potential. Surely we must embrace the possibility that if we have to follow suit in order to stay competitive, there is someone there who is in for the right reasons

• 32. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:37 am

  Gunnerblog is by a million gazillion miles the best blog in all off the beatifull blog universe! GS, fuck him he doesn’t know what he’s on about, keep it up its top notch!

• 33. DolomiteLongTime  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:38 am

  Hello chaps good morning to you all….

  Dein is as ruthless and egotistical as his stuipidity suggests. The timing of this ‘announcement’ is at the worst posssible time to garner publicity for two reasons: claim the glory for encouraging AW to sign a new contract, and secondly to look like the good guy out to save Arsenal from transfer inactivity.

  True Arsenal fans will resist this attempt, as no good can come out of it given the good start to the season weve had.

• 34. Richard  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:38 am

  Does anybody else get the feeling that those of us against this bid are going to be in the minority??

  I’ve no doubts Dein will attribute AW’s new contract to his new found involvement in the club. Part of my job entails looking in to people such as Usmanov and this person is not the sort we want associated with the Arsenal. My main objection to Kroenke was the probable debt based acquisition, but by bringing in Usmanov Dein will wipe out everything the club has stood for, class, tradition, history, respect.

• 35. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:41 am

  31 - Rod - I agree, even though Dein has been a bit sly about the way he’s gone about things BUT he loves this club and I believe he wants the best for the club (not himself). And yes I know hes made 75 mil, but who says if he was to come in charge that it wont be given straight to wenger to spend on some more talent?

  Its not good that hes with the russians, but we all know that he will become chairman if a bid was accepted, and im for that. Like Rod says, if you dont move with the times then we WILL get left behind!

• 36. DolomiteLongTime  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:42 am

  Worse stil, some deluded fans will believe any takeover will guarantee unlimited transfer funds.

  Wake up call, it will guarantee instability on an unprecedented level especially if Putin or the next Russian hard man decides to get rid of the oligarchs and they look to cash in their safe foreign ‘investments’ in Western Europe.

  Resistance is the solution.

• 37. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:45 am

  36 - Good point, the thing is with Dein involved, im not too worried really. To be honest, I believe that whatever’s in the best interest for OUR club and supporters will happen. So lets just sit back, enjoy our football and let it unfold as it may!

• 38. sam  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:46 am

  fuck all the take over talk is that fucking sick pedo gonna buy anyone today? arsenal are a fucking youth team now. whats the worst that can happen 2 them? something has 2 fucking change at arsenal. i dont care who takes over long as the buy fucking players and not kids.

• 39. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:47 am

  sad day for arsenal. i have been saying for a while that dein is no angel.people rarely get this rich by being humanitarian. should that russian monster take over the club i will be uncomfortable to remain a supporter. coming from a country with a corrupt leadership i cannot in good faith support a man who has strip mine his country and people for his own wealth.

• 40. Bergy  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:50 am

  Sam if you feel like that go support chelsea

• 41. Pete  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:50 am

  Wouldn’t a nice juicy signing just cheer people up

• 42. sam  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:51 am

  wenger is no fucking angel. fucking pedo is saveing money for the board. it makes me sick when i see other teams buyin players and not us. plz anyone come buy aresnal and save this club from that board and that fucking sick pedo wenger.

• 43. Good to be a GOONAH!!  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:51 am

  SPOT ON, GS… SPOT ON…

  we dont need this lot… and we dont need the Yank either…

• 44. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:51 am

  *****CONSPIRACY THEORY*****

  Wenger has a greater loyalty to Dein than he does to Arsenal and it’s only Dein’s love for the club that stopped Wenger from leaving. Dein is the instigator, the father of Arsene’s time at Arsenal, without his insistence Arsene would never have been at the club. Wenger, known as somebody with a rigid code of honour, doesn’t seem one to bite the hand that fed him. Perhaprs had Dein specifically asked Wenger to leave with him, he probably would have. Instead, Dein knew Arsenal would be much worse off without Wenger and put his concerns for the club above his damaged pride. Dein after all wants revenge on the board, not Arsenal, and therefore wants to exact his retribution in a manner which won’t harm the club.

  Thierry Henry, June 2007, whilst still an Arsenal player: “All I’m saying is that letting David Dein leave was a big mistake.” You read that and immediately you’re tempted to think Henry REALLY left for one of two reasons; a) Henry thought his time at Arsenal wouldn’t be the same without Dein (unlikely, but possible), or b) Henry, knowing Wenger’s morals and his close association with Dein, believed beyond all reasonable doubt that in the wake of Dein’s departure Arsene would now leave too. But, what about this:

  c) Dein told Arsenal he’d back, at all costs. Usmanov and Moshiri clearly aren’t guys Dein met on the street or at some social gathering. He wouldn’t entrust the future of Arsenal to someone on such a whim. These are people he’s probably always privately knew, and equally knew would be interested in investing into the club if it ever came that he should need them. Dein wouldn’t have “left” the board otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone without a fight had he not been certain he could return. Hence, Dein told Wenger to stall on a contract; not to a point where the board are forced to start looking for a replacement, but playing cloaks and daggers well enough that the board would always believe that, with a little work, they could persuade him to stay. Then - and this is the potentially scandalous bit (even if a little far-fetched) - Wenger didn’t tell Henry of his plans to stay or go and let him leave for Barcelona, partly because Henry perhaps half-wanted to, but primarily to depreciate the value of Arsenal, at Dein’s request. As an asset Henry was valued by the club at between £30M-40M. In fact, it is the players who are one of the main assets of any club. I’ll give you an example - Chelsea is owned by Abramovich. He’s worth £14bn and has invested over £250M in the club. But that’s not cash sitting in the bank, it’s been spent on players. If all those players were to run their contracts down, then leave for nothing (we can wish), Chelsea wouldn’t still be worth behemoth sums just because their owner is a billionaire. It’s the club that’s valued, not the owner. It’s the same with Arsenal’s board - any money they got from the Henry deal - even if they had have got £30M-40M - would have still been worth less than Henry as an Arsenal player; an Arsenal asset. Strange, I know - but true. When someone buys a club they don’t buy their money, they buy the club and it’s assets. Therefore if the club has an £80M transfer fund set aside, they don’t buy that fund when they buy the club - they don’t pay cash for cash. They buy the right to run the club and invest however much, or as little, in transfers as they choose. The same goes for new, big-name players: Wenger hasn’t bought any because, effectively, they would become assets and the club’s value goes up considerably. Edelman and co keep harpening on about how financially “strong” and how “cash-rich” we are. Revenue streams - yes, they’re part of the club’s value. But spare “cash” isn’t. Funny then how Dein announces his imminent plans for a return not only on the day of the Champions League draw - but also on the eve of the closure of the transfer window.

  Maybe, just maybe Wenger is making do with what he’s got - whilst secretly halting the club’s asset-value increasing - in order to make Dein’s acquisition of the club smoother, cheaper and above all, more welcomed by the fans.

• 45. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:51 am

  Arsene - Oba or Anelka will do, either, go on i’ll let you choose!

• 46. PEELER  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:52 am

  31 ROD - suggest youread Henry Winters piece.
  I’ll paraphrase it for you.

  “Slimy, luminous, manipulative patronising cnut Dein intends to gang rape AFC with his new Russian and Iranian mates.
  Other than Deins bruised Ego they bring f*ck all else to the table”

  Those three tossers are not wanted and certainly not needed.

• 47. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:52 am

  34. Richard | August 31st, 2007 at 11:38 am
  Does anybody else get the feeling that those of us against this bid are going to be in the minority??

  ——————————-

  Yep!

  There is no doubt we will be shouted down and mocked, erm, as I was last niote on here actually! Seeing as how GS has echoed my thoughts (almost too precisely for my liking GS fella!) as well as others adding weight to the argument, that will simply be ignored with cries of;

  “But look, they got loads of money, we can get X, Y & Zidane mkII now. And Dein’s one of us , blah blah blah.”

  IF Dein was sooo Arsenal, why the need to flog ALL his shares, wouldn’t he wanna keep some? Even a measly £5 mill worth? Like someone said to me before, it’s like martin Edwards at United flogging off all his shares but still being Chairman.

• 48. Bergy  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:54 am

  If arsenal is gona be taken over i would hope its stan kroenke at least he love sport and in the end thats the most important. I dont trust this red and white,its bad news

• 49. Dave Mustane  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:54 am

  The takeover needs to happen for the sake of Arsenal’s future.

  When we get to the post-Wenger era we’re unlikely to find another manager who can find raw talent on the cheap, instead we are going have to pay top-whack like everyone else or face falling out of title-contention.

• 50. Richard  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:54 am

  Sam, if you have a problem with the transfer policy of the club its Wenger you should be against, not the board. They have done an outstanding job with the clubs finances and as both Edleman and AW have stated, there’s plent of money to spend if the money choses to do so.

• 51. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:54 am

  That is some killer theory, believable too actually! You aren’t mr Dein are you?

• 52. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:55 am

  actually dein has already siad that he has encourage arsene to sign a new deal. already he is trying to make capital gain out of this.
  rod so you believe that keeping up with the times is to jump in bed with monster like sinawatra,ambro and usmanov. if that the case then i rather arsenal become a mid table team but retained some part of its identity. money should not be everything in football. it not a life and death issue if we are not the world biggest/richest club.

• 53. B'lore Gunner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:58 am

  Fantastic post GilbertoSilver. I’d agree entirely about the “power” issue that you spoke about. DDein seems only interested in the control and the power, all the rest is b*llsh*t as far as I am concerned. His actions speak much louder than his words and they’re telling us that it’s power he loves more than anything else.

• 54. Super Super Le  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:59 am

  45, cant we have both? What about Kaka and D Villa? Why not.

• 55. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:59 am

  dick if you beleive wenger has a strict code of honour do you think he would do that to the people that pays him.
  i have no problem with the club being taken over as long as it is not from somebody who is either a crook or someone who will add debt to the club.

• 56. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:01 pm

  And can we knock ohn its head, NOW, all this bullshit that it is inevitable that you need a billionaire owner to takeover our club?

  This is Garbage, why do you? Wasn’t the main reason for the move, as well as giving more GoponersTM the chance to see the games, to also raise income to levels that would enable us to have a decent transfer kitty.

  It is such a simplistic and apathetic view to suggest that if you don’t have a tycoon, then you are stuffed.

  Let’s take it further, so the Chavs sign Ronaldinho for £55 million!!! Give him £200K A WEEK, Fat Frank and Twat terry demand to be on the same wages as they have clauses in their contracts, next thing you know the chavs have got 6 players on £10 million a YEAR. bUT HEY, THEY CAN AFFORD THAT, THEY GOT aBRAMOVICH! Well, he might be able to afford it and he has chucked loads of his ill gotten at the chav club, BUT he is a one off, other investors will want to make money, not throw it away. And who is to say Roman won’t get sick of paying out those wages?

  So, if we don’t have the resources to pay big time charley players £200K a week along with their £50 million transfer fees, is that a bad thing?

  So, we might have to make do with just signing players for £25-£30 million and paying them a pittance like £100K a week, diddums, now where is that Oliagarch?

• 57. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:01 pm

  54 - Yeah f**k it, lets get all 4 jus for good measure!

• 58. Richard  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:02 pm

  49. Dave Mustane | August 31st, 2007 at 11:54 am
  The takeover needs to happen for the sake of Arsenal’s future.

  ————————————————————————————
  Dave if AW stays for another 4 years, the Highbury flats will be sold, the majority of the debt wiped out and AFC will be left with the biggest match day revenue in the world and a board of directors committed to not taking a return out of the club. We wont need a miracle worker by then.

• 59. DolomiteLongTime  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:02 pm

  Dein and his Russian franchise are not wanted. Or needed. No xenophobia involved but just the fact they are not what we need right now. Or later.

  What we need is for Arsene Wenger to sign today, the Board to issue a statement reiterating their commitment not to sell before the end of the season and the lads to continue playing the best football in the league and Europe.

  And for all fans to continue to support the Club.

• 60. sam  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:03 pm

  does anyone no off any new singins today? if the new guys take over the worst that can happen is arsenal finishing 22pts behind man u and chelsea 2 seasons in a row.

• 61. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:04 pm

  49; Er, new stadium, big revenue streams, TV deals = Money to buy players.

• 62. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:05 pm

  *********FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*********

  This just in:

  Quaresma is having a medical at White Hart Lane! No shit. Quaresma is gonna join Spurs today. Remember where you heard it first.

  &

  Riquelme is signing for Everton. Very reliable source.

  I’m not fucking around. Both deals are almost certain to go through before the transfer window closes.

• 63. Boz  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:05 pm

  Frudicus. Attitudes like yours make me sick. The wolves are at the door and you want to sit back and enjoy the show.
  Dein has now sold Arsenal out twice. He is behaving like a petulant child and his actions are putting the Club we love at risk.
  Well done GilbertoSilver for writing such a coherent blog today.

• 64. arseblogger  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:09 pm

  Excellent blog today.

  Cunt off norman, you trolling cunt.

  All Arsenal fans should be very uneasy at the idea of people like Usmanov having control of our club.

• 65. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:09 pm

  Big deal Dick

• 66. saddened  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:10 pm

  a dark day in the history of arsenal. And it is only going to get worse…

• 67. DolomiteLongTime  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:10 pm

  Pure speculation.

• 68. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm

  I dont know what motivates Dein more, revenge, money, power or love of arsenal football club but it sems his aim is to be the head honcho at the club. Maybe he would be great for the club and maybe not but the end do not justify the means. He seems like all his moves to this end have been sly and underhanded.

• 69. sam  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm

  the only fucking person whos acting like a child is wenger. why wont this fucking pedo man buy anyone? i wish they do take over arsenal and the first thing 2 do is kick wenger and hes kids out. arsenal are a joke team. hes got so much money but he wont spend it? arsenal fans have bein upset for the last 2years.

• 70. Frudicus  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm

  63 - What is wrong with what i said, we’ve got no control. You telling me that if i dont sit back and see what happens its gonna change anything, NO ITS FUCKIN NOT. All we can do is let them sort it, after all they do OWN the club

• 71. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm

  dick spurs will always b shit no matter who they sign u shud no that by now personally i dont think that Quaresma is gud enough to play in the prem the pace of the game will be to much 4 him and who is he gona come in 4 lennon ??? mally i really dought that he will fit in

• 72. Rod  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm

  Some good points here.
  Dein may not be the most wholesome character, but he’s definitely some you want on your side rather than against. We all know football is corrupt, but you need people who do the dirty work in order to succeed. I’m not saying Shinawatra style dirty work, but someone who shmoozes behind the scenes like dein does. He’s a huge asset.
  One problem is that Wenger and Dein are so powerful that they don’t realise that Wenger is actually dispensable. No-one should be too sure of their own position, and with Dein in charge, would he ever countenance changing the boss if things don’t go that well?

• 73. Bergkamp  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:12 pm

  This is so frustrating because things are alright how they are! : ( This could seriously overshadow our onfield results,

• 74. Pete  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:12 pm

  Well, I think Dein’s got some way to go before he matches Kenyon who power-crazy, at least he is doing it at the club he loves.

  But he lost a lot of credibility when he switched from one bidder to another. Usmanov makes Kroenke looks like the perfect investor.

  Which he isn’t.

• 75. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:13 pm

  you are the fuckin child sam, grow up , take tour head out of champo manager for a while and come back to the real world will ya. Oh and change the fuckin record will ya

• 76. Bergkamp  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:13 pm

  I am deeply worried about this.

• 77. Pete  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:14 pm

  sam, you’re so blatently a trolling spurs fan it’s painful. Go and look the word ‘paedo’ up in a dictionary.

  Or, ‘that big book what has all them words in it’.

• 78. sam  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:16 pm

  fuck you and go fuck wenger the pedo that is the real world u dick head.

• 79. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:18 pm

  if you saw so ikle boy sam

• 80. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:19 pm

  sam/chav 4 xmas; so, what do you think about the thawing of relations with North Korea?

• 81. Pete  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:19 pm

  Anyway, on to other news….

  Can’t find anywhere that this Quaresma deal is being reported as anything other than rumour, so we can still hope it isn’t going ahead. It wouldn’t be on for them to actually have a good player.

• 82. Bergkamp  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:21 pm

  80- I doubt he could tell north from south

• 83. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:23 pm

  dick where did u get this rumour from? coz i cant find it anywhere

• 84. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm

  dick why are you obsessing about what other club are signing. none of this matter if we do well this season.

• 85. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm

  Not a rumour Pete, I have it from a good, personal source. Won’t be in the press yet. I’m not trying to sound like some know-it-all, but I’ve heard it from someone VERY reliable with this type of information.

• 86. Rod  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm

  ‘Sam’ has been doing this for weeks now.
  Just ignore it and it’ll get bored soon

• 87. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pm

  Na dick i dont buy it, i dont care either way , but i dont buy it !

• 88. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:26 pm

  dick can u reveal this reliable source ?

• 89. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm

  “84. enki | August 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm
  dick why are you obsessing about what other club are signing. none of this matter if we do well this season.”

  ———————————Robinson————————————
  Chimbona—————–King———-Kaboul———————–Bale
  Lennon——————Jenas———Zokora—————-Quaresma
  —————————Berbatov—–Keane—————————–

  Personally that worries me slightly. When everyone’s fit, Spurs have a decent team. People talk about them lacking creativity, yet Lennon’s been out and is now close to full fitness, and Quaresma is a bag of tricks. Don’t kid yourselves that he won’t do well there. He will. We all wanted him here - we can’t now say he’s shit because he’s signing for someone else.

  Accumulatively, Spurs have a better strikeforce than we do. Even with Henry at the club, last season Spurs’ strikers chipped in more goals than ours. Their problem in recent seasons has been that they don’t have enough creativity from midfield. With Lennon and Quaresma they have two of the very best.

  My biggest problem is that Tottenham - yes, scummy, dirty, smelly Spurs - are showing more ambition in the transfer market than we are. Let them spend £16M on Bent, yes. But Quaresma?? He’s special and we should be fighting for him. I’m told the fee is around £18M. Not bad for a player of his quality.

• 90. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm

  Right; Onto football matters for a ikkle bit!

  Sevilla 27th Novemeber away.

  I am GOING! Always wanted to go Sevilla, now i can make it business and pleasure!

• 91. Gunner8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:31 pm

  Gilberto whoo ohh

• 92. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:31 pm

  “87. DeiseGooner | August 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
  Na dick i dont buy it, i dont care either way , but i dont buy it !”

  Don’t buy it all you want - it won’t stop Spurs buying Quaresma and Everton buying Riquelme.

• 93. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:32 pm

  Everton signing Requelme was on SSN this am at about 7. The story was from a tabloid.

• 94. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:32 pm

  geekov im not takin the piss but but what if athens beat sevilla?

• 95. Masterbateron  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:33 pm

  100 ohh yess ohh yess

• 96. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:33 pm

  “88. champions | August 31st, 2007 at 12:26 pm
  dick can u reveal this reliable source ?”

  A friend, who also supports Arsenal and works for a major newspaper. He was snapped there this morning apparently with his agent and there’s a press-conference scheduled for this afternoon after he has a medical. It’s happening, trust me.

• 97. Masterbateron  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:33 pm

  Well off hold on I’m comming again

• 98. Masterbateron  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:34 pm

  one more load

• 99. Masterbateron  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:34 pm

  ohh fuck it

• 100. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:34 pm

  is there a link?

• 101. Masterbateron  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:34 pm

  I quit

• 102. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:35 pm

  woooooooooooooohhohhhhhhhhhhhooooooooo 100 and 101?

• 103. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:35 pm

  dammm i thoght 101 was ma luky number

• 104. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:37 pm

  94; Champions; NO that won’t happen! I have decided i want to go to Sevilla and I shall be going there to watch the Arse too!

• 105. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:37 pm

  Champions –

  no link yet, think it will be announced shortly. Honestly, I’m not shitting. And I wouldn’t risk my credibility or put my neck out on the line like this if I didn’t fully believe my source.

• 106. PEELER  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:39 pm

  Zokora/Jenas v Cesc/Silva hahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
  Lennon v Theo - marginal
  Quarema - figiment of your wild imagination.

  AW is like Rolf Harris you have to wait for the end result.
  Keep the faith !
  Scum will always be shit its in their genes

• 107. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:39 pm

  geekov do dom u know the 1st leg score between sevilla and athens ?

• 108. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:40 pm

  Dick;

  What is this credibility you talk of???

  Joke!

• 109. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:40 pm

  Champs; didn’t Sevilla win 3-0 or 3-1?

• 110. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:40 pm

  108 ….. sweet

• 111. Gunner4life&beyond  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:41 pm

  I have another theory which I’m just throwing out there (apologies if it’s been said before). Dein might be doing this just to get people to come over to the idea of Kroenke’s takeover bid, as it seems fairly obvious that many would prefer the American to the Russian. When the time is right, they may just sell to Kroenke when public opinion of him is at it’s peak and bam! We’ll belong to Kroenke, but who really knows. We don’t need a takeover so I don’t want one.

• 112. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:42 pm

  Sevilla won 2-0! I’m there!

• 113. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:43 pm

  CHINESE WHISPERS

  Wait a second, just got a txt saying the following:

  “talk here now is Quaresma was spotted with Commoli, but is also due for Chelsea talks this afternoon - keep you posted”

  I’ll let you all know more when I know more…

• 114. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:43 pm

  im not too sure i think it was three one but i think athens have every chance because of the death of puerta (may he rest in peace ) could have a mental effect on sevilla

• 115. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:43 pm

  Ooh, Jay Simpson has signed for Millwall on loan till Jan 08.

• 116. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:44 pm

  113. Dick (aka Willy) | August 31st, 2007 at 12:43 pm
  CHINESE WHISPERS

  Wait a second, just got a txt saying the following:

  “talk here now is Quaresma was spotted with Commoli, but is also due for Chelsea talks this afternoon - purple monkey dishwasher.”

• 117. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:45 pm

  it will be gud 1st team experience for him he scored 4 the reserves mid week neat finish

• 118. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:47 pm

  I have stopped getting my hopes up with our Youth teamers. Every time, I get carried away, think they will make it and BOOM! They’re off, loaned out and then flogged.

  Lost count amount of times that’s happened.

  Anyway; Sagna will be back for Sunday, so that’s good.

• 119. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:49 pm

  CHINESE WHISPERS

  Wait a second, just got a txt saying the following:

  “talk here now is Quasimodo was spotted with Commoli, but is also due for Chelsea talks this afternoon - purple monkey dishwasher sardines.”

• 120. Gilles Grimandi  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:50 pm

  113. All this is on the bbc transfer update column… Lots of rumours on there!

• 121. ian  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:51 pm

  69. sam | August 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm
  “”"”"”"”the only fucking person whos acting like a child is wenger. why wont this fucking pedo man buy anyone? i wish they do take over arsenal and the first thing 2 do is kick wenger and hes kids out. arsenal are a joke team. hes got so much money but he wont spend it? arsenal fans have bein upset for the last 2years.”"”"”"

  And before those 2 years of unhappyness, how many years were they happy for. Rather than kicking wenger and his players out, they need to get rid of fans like you. Glory hunting kids.

  Anyway. No takeover for now please, but we’ll need it oncewenger leaves. the next manager wont have wengers skills to spot young talent so we will need to be able to compete financially with the global clubs like Milan, Barca etc.

• 122. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:53 pm

  89. Dick (aka Willy) | August 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm

  ———————————Robinson————————————
  Chimbona—————–King———-Kaboul———————–Bale
  Lennon——————Jenas———Zokora—————-Quaresma
  —————————Berbatov—–Keane—————————–

  My biggest problem is that Tottenham - yes, scummy, dirty, smelly Spurs - are showing more ambition in the transfer market than we are. Let them spend £16M on Bent, yes. But Quaresma?? He’s special and we should be fighting for him. I’m told the fee is around £18M. Not bad for a player of his quality.

  Err Dick

  Robinson=Fat and Shit
  Chimbonda vs Sagna I would take Sagna better hair
  King-Always injured
  Kaboul-Looks a’ight but would rather be a gooner
  Bale-Looks a’ight but will be at manure next year
  Lennon=treatment table or anderton mk2
  Jenas-Hahahahahaa fucking shite
  Zokora-Hahahahahaa fucking shite
  quaresma-not there yet
  Berbatov-Great player and hopefully a gooner next year
  Keane-a’ight but not top

  Yes they are spending shedloads and I wonder how ENIC’s investors will feel after the scum miss out again on the cl league and do a leeds

• 123. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:56 pm

  CHINESE WHISPERS

  Wait a second, just got a txt saying the following:

  “talk here now is Quasimodo was spotted with Commoli, but is also due for Chelsea talks this afternoon - purple monkey dishwasher sardines chipmonk brakepads.”

• 124. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:58 pm

  am i the only one who think that lennon is all pace and no vision and intelligence. i mean how many good crosses has he delivered during a season.

• 125. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 12:59 pm

  no enki that’s Theo

• 126. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:00 pm

  124; No you aren’t the only one.

• 127. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:01 pm

  Gunner 8; That was just vicious and uncalled for! Take it back this instant.

• 128. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:02 pm

  theo too but he has wenger. lennon has jol. do the math

• 129. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:04 pm

  plus theo actually delivered some good crosses which resulted in goals. villa at the start of last season would be an example.

• 130. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:05 pm

  Sorry and Enki you are right, I think he will have a bright future but should have gone on loan this year

• 131. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:06 pm

  Right, now we have discussed, at length the permitations and ramifications of the events of yesterday involving; one very Orange man, a russian and his British consort, can we now get back to the matters at hand please?

  ie; Going bleedin radio rental over the fact that the window is nearly closed and Wenger STILL hasn’r bought anyone in???

  Uuurrrrggghhh!!!!

  Villa signed Davbies on loan.

• 132. BIG THOR  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:06 pm

  I SIGN FOR YOU TODAY AND WILL CRUSH ALL

• 133. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:07 pm

  130; G8; yep he should have gone on loan, but that could only happen if we actually had ANY wide players to come in and play there!

• 134. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:07 pm

  That’s ’cause the last defender they signed is in jail ahaha

  Thor’s in now all we need is Robbie Savage

• 135. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:10 pm

  True True… …hey Geekov, why don’t you manage the team and I will try for a hostile takeover

  Oi Danny packet o’ chips for your shares or I will Apple Tart in your face

• 136. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:14 pm

  G8; yeah i heard about Knight getting done for drugs.

• 137. Grovelad  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:15 pm

  to tell the truth, i find it more pleasing when we play and win without ‘financial’ help than that we use American / Russia money and win everything.

  Look at spurs. We can gloat at them and laugh at them after they spend so much and still play poorly, the same way we slack off Cheski when we know that they paid their way to the 2 titles.

  I dont want to come to a situation that my pool fan frds start to point fingers that we are ‘financially doped’, like Arsene said.

• 138. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:17 pm

  “Financially Doped” is a top top saying. Well done Arsene!

  Now spend some fucking cash man!

• 139. kingsley  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:21 pm

  boumsong! noooooooooooooooooo

• 140. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:26 pm

  137; Grovelad. That’s the point./ We are or very soon will be totally self sufficient in terms of money coming in.

  Plus, investing in the yoputh set up is another way of trying to make sure you don’t always have to go out and spend shed loads.

  BUT, that aint good enough in this instant SDky sensationalised world. If you don’t have the big names with their fat salaries and egos then you are shit coz your viewing figures percentage share in Malasia will drop 2 points.

• 141. Little Dutch  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:26 pm

  Fully agree with the sentiments of the article, if Dein gave two shits about anything other than his ego and his pockets, why hold the press conference at the exact same time as the CL draw? What a cunt, I don’t want him anywhere near this club, and I say with all honesty right now, if this Red & White company takes Arsenal over, all my club memberships and any association I have with this club is over. I’ll support Orient instead. I’m not gonna give evil fucking cretins like Dein and this oligarch my money, no way. God knows we slag Chelsea off enough, and righly so. I put up with a lot of shit and have put friends, family etc aside to travel and watch this team, but I won’t be a hypocrite to line the pockets of fuckos like them.

• 142. Durham Gooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:29 pm

  Nice to see the anti racism warning at the bottom of the article, good on ya Gunnerblog.

• 143. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:37 pm

  i would like a cb too. experience and playing in the prem would be better.

• 144. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:38 pm

  not boumsong though

• 145. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:47 pm

  Nothing left to be said really - as always Gunnerblog, Arseblog and GoodPlaya have produced some interesting analysis. Needless to say I think we don’t need these blood suckers, we are generating revenue and are in a healthy profitable state, paying offour loans and have a pot for players albeit an unused one.

  What will be interetsting is the 2009 season when that twat Platini brings in the FA cup as a route of qualification. What a genius idea can’t wait to see runners up Milwall in the CL. On the other hand settling for fourth will no longer be an option, not that I am suggesting we are unambitious or anything. There are far too many idiots running the game today both at national and international level.

  See ManUre got Roma again - wonder if the international footballing authorities in their wisdom are going to condone another battering of English fans for no reason ?

  And on top of my doom and gloom, knowing we aren’t signing anyone and seeing Quaresma meeting Spuds and Chelski means that I am going to have to triple my booze intake tonight. At least the team are doing well and we have CL football to look forward to. Now if we could only lose the orange twat and the fat Russian, the Yank, sign a couple of players ….

• 146. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:54 pm

  LD; Harsh but true fella.

• 147. Munesh  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:00 pm

  I was loking at the England squad named for Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Russia

  Robinson (Tottenham), James (Portsmouth), Carson (Aston Villa), Richards (Man City), P Neville (Everton), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Terry (Chelsea), Campbell (Portsmouth), A Cole (Chelsea), Shorey (Reading), Brown (Man Utd), Barry (Aston Villa), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Bentley (Blackburn), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Man Utd), Lampard (Chelsea), Carrick (Man Utd), Downing (Middlesbrough), J Cole (Chelsea), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Smith (Newcastle), Johnson (Everton), Defoe (Tottenham), A Young (Aston Villa).

  I’ve never supported England and the fact that there’s no gunner named in the squad will make it even easier this time to not support them. I personally feel Theo Walcot is good enough to play for England now but too bad stevie mac thinks otherwise.

• 148. Alan Partridge  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:00 pm

  Topical Dein Tongue Twister.

  Luminous Wins Gooners Lose, Luminous Wins Gooners Lose.

  Try saying that 5 times, your sounding like that tubby c*nt Usmanov.

• 149. Diamond Jim  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:01 pm

  #1 - excellent blog, well researched / intelligently written
  #2 - whatever happens, Dein is a fan, has dedicated over 25 years to our club = a good thing
  # 3 - like it or not, football is a business regardless of oligarchary (don’t think that’s a word but should be)
  # 4 - there’s a huge amount of west country accented ‘we don’t like change in these parts’ going on in today’s post (which I understand)
  # 5 - I can’t see Arsene spending gobs of investor cash regardless of whether it’s dollar, pound or ruble based so what’s wrong with additional financial clout / stability which would attract great players but coupled with the existing transfer policy i.e good youth / talent spotting?
  # 6 - If you had a dig around most football clubs you’d unearth murky pasts, shady deals and dodgy characters, let’s not be naive by suggesting that it’s just foreign buyers polluting our pure game!
  # 7 - Mr Wenger, you’re a genius, I’d put you up if you needed a place to stay, I love what you’ve done, now please, please buy a fucking player or two!

  Have a great weekend all. 2-1 us tomorrow, Hleb & Eduardo

• 150. Munesh  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:05 pm

  I shudder at the thought of a takeover at Arsenal that is why am shying away from the topic all together. I dont think this board is doing too badly as it is and as much as the takeover MAY mean extra cash to spend for players. I agree with most that AW will not spend millions of pounds on overrated and overpriced players whom he feels will not add to the squad.

• 151. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:08 pm

  Little Dutch… …the club will die will indeed become souless with out the Arsenal Away support and Red Action!

  The question is I doubt these fuckers really care, I am not the first to point this out (hell I have even said it several times before (maybe George Costanza can rip me off again)), History repeats itself and people in power NEVER LEARN THEIR LESSONS.

  What is happening to the prem has already happened to the Italian Serie A where owners took TV money and selling their image to the rest of the world to sign the best players from all over the world to get fans in Dar es Salaam and Vietnam wearing AC Milan shirts… ..while the passionate home supporters were priced of attending home games and eventually having their teams turn out in near empty stadiums!

  It will happen here, the difference is that corporate power in London will fill the new luxury levels in the stands and sit while emailing colleagues on their crackberries! In quiet stadiums.

  The future’s bright, the futures Red and White was a tagline I used to use… …will Red and White Holdings trademark that?

• 152. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:09 pm

  Diamond Jim games on Sunday at 1:30pm

• 153. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:10 pm

  Gilberto Silver how many people did you ban? only 150 Guns by 3pm Awesome

• 154. Little Dutch  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:12 pm

  Geekov, the truth always is harsh. I can only speak for myself when I say that I would judge any takeover on its merits, it’s not an opposition to change or them foreigners or anything like that at all. But this particular consortium is as morally bankrupt as they come. I stopped buying nike years ago, I don’t buy club merchandise with sponsorship on it and I oppose oligarchary (it’s a word now, alright?), and I would be a complete and utter hypocrite to fund it so directly and so blatantly. I can tolerate the stadium name etc as the way football is through grited teeth (or rather, I ignore it), but this would be a step too far and my conscience would not permit me to endorse it at all. I know I can’t stop it, but I also cannot be apathetic to it and just shrug my shoulders, the price good men pay for indifference is to be ruled by evil men and all that. Just to up thew pretentious stakes a bit, there’s a line in ‘To Kill A Mocking Bird’ that says, “a person’s conscience is the only thing that will not abide by majority rule.” I’ve never agreed with any statement more than that one in my life. Grrrrrrrr.

• 155. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:15 pm

  l8ers I have to do some work

• 156. Diamond Jim  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:16 pm

  Gunner 8 - cheers, my bad, middle of rant, mind blurry

• 157. dDein  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:17 pm

  Yes Im a coont alrite

• 158. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:18 pm

  LD What was your take on Kronke then - would you have liked to see him takeover ? Also apart from making us more solvent do you see any obvious benifits in a takeover of any sort. KA said that revenue has exceeded expectations and more than covers the loan payments leaving a sizable transfer kitty. Do you feel that we need better business strategy ? I would say recruiting a savvy board member would be more useful than any takeover just as I say that signing a defensive coach like keown would please me as much right now as signing a player.

• 159. Rod  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:20 pm

  Look, us Gooners aint as socialist to go and form an FC United are we? We’ll still love the club, even if they sell to Russians/Americans/Martians… We stuck by when we left Highbury and moved to a stadium with a corporate name, when they raised the prices to the highest in the world, when we played in a different colour for the season, when we wear Spurs-esque away kits, when our manager and all the players are foreign, when the badge was redesigned, when they nick even our name: ‘Gooner’. We know they exploit our emotional attachment for money, but we’ll still love the Arsenal anyway. We have to face it that what we think we love about our team may not exist anymore, but that doesnt mean we stop.

• 160. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:28 pm

  ; Well, we can call the ground the Grove, we can refuse to buy shirts (i don’t anyway, even tho i am lovin the dark stripey away number!), we can just turn up and support the team without going all ‘prawn sandwich’, BUT, IF this takeover happens, then that is something that will change EVERYTHING we recognise about Arsenal for me.

  So, I am now typing in a west country bumbkin accent, coz Oi am oibviously scared of change then?

  BOLLOCKS! I am all for change if it means change for the better, no not better for about 5 people, better for the masses, yep, thats right I am also a fucking socialist! Deal with it!

  Dein has a long history with the club, but that IS in the past. His recent history suggests he wants the club, whether coz its been a long standing ambition or if its driven by revenge for those that ousted him. They ousted him coz he tried to sell trhe club to Kroenke behind the boards back, then went off, found an even richer fella and got into bed with him, all the while making an enormous amount of cash for himself in the process.

  So, excuse me if i don’t go rushing out to kiss the hand of the orangey one, or tug my forlock in his general direction.

• 161. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:29 pm

  Oh yeah we’re safe with the Russian and Double D:

  “I have been an Arsenal fan for eight years and I think the club has the best manager in the Premier League,” Usmanov told the Evening Standard.

  “But this purchase of mine is not a strategic or political one. It’s a portfolio investment.

  “Arsenal as a business is undervalued. My aim is to steadily increase my package because I think the value of it will grow and will soon reach a higher level. The club has everything to achieve it.”

  I have identified a cash cow to milk … I am a real fan and have been for 8 years

  My arse

• 162. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:35 pm

  I hate to quote fat sam Alladyce, but what he says is true.

  ANY manager could be successful if they had an almost unlimited cash flow. Maybe that’s why Wenger refuses to splash the cash, maybe he’s trying to prove a point, or put 2 fingers up to the chavs, mancs, scousers, etc???

  I dunno, sure it’d be nice if the squad was strengthened, shit we been going on and on about it long enough, but the fact that some only want to look at it from the point of view of spending obscene amounts on players as some sort of status symbol, neglecting the fact that they aint called obscene amounts for nothing, I mean, it’s fucking immoral, but, hey, you gotta move with the times, this is progress innit.

  Excuse please, in stream of consciousness mode.

• 163. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:36 pm

  http://goonerboy.blogspot.com/2007/08/craig-murray-on-alisher-usmanov-not.html

• 164. master of pain  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:37 pm

  any transfer news for arsenal b4 deadline…..

• 165. Little Dutch  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:39 pm

  Glenn, see Geekov’s post 160, bang on. I didn’t want Kroenke either, I really don’t see that this club has to pimp itself out to stay competitive, that’s bollocks. We are a well run club and in truth, I would rather not win anything for a while than have Chelsea’s tenuous situation. BUT, if a decent consortium came on with a good proposal that was for the long term benefit of the club, I would be all for it. The fact is, Wenger had money to spend this summer and chose not to, I don’t see why people are so desperate to see us swell our kitty, it’ll just be another £100m we don’t spend. Clubs who buy masses and masses of players suffer. United bought bugger all last summer, kept stability and won the league. I would like a winger for depth purposes, but I really think Liverpool are gonna have a bad one this year, it’s all a bit pie in the sky and stability is the way to go when you’ve got a decent squad. Liverpool do this every summer and that’s why they never win the league, every year it’s revolution and it’s not got them very far domestically. A takeover by Dein and Usmanov has nothing but my overwhelming opposition.

• 166. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:40 pm

  ~:D~

• 167. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:45 pm

  It will be interesting to find out exactly what, if anything Kroenke’s knowledge or involvement was. It appears that he was completely in the dark and that Dein acted likea bit of a whore basically. getting out of Stanley’s bed, straight into Usmanov’s.

  BTW;Sorry but I can’ refresh due to Internet police at work, thats why I type a few squiggles here and there.

• 168. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:46 pm

  Its just gets better and better with this Usmanov guy doesnt it. Fuckin hell Dein, you permatanned money grabbing tart

• 169. please buy quaresma  |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:54 pm

  watch this goal

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHEh4UAAwxM

  wow! speechless

• 170. goonerSing  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:00 pm

  1st 200th gun!

  great article, nothing much to add… cept that I would welcome a billioniare fan taking over anyday (Jack Walker, ‘rovers anyone?)…

  here we have a fan selling out intending to chair the board. what does DD have to lose if the hole investment fails? his reputation, his board position is all… 75mil pounds safe in his bank..

• 171. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:02 pm

  LD Have always generally agreed with you and Geekov and this is no exception. It’s sad but at least we getting results at the moment. Not sure we will get the winger we all want but regardless I will be at the Grove cheering the boys on for the forseeable.

  I have a feeling that a lot of fans will disagree with us because they do think that if we get a cash pot Wenger will suddenly buy everyone and his mother. It’s good to know that we have a bunch of intelligent fans out on the afore mentioned blogs who know the score.

• 172. please buy quaresma  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:09 pm

  169. please buy quaresma | August 31st, 2007 at 2:54 pm

  watch this goal

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHEh4UAAwxM

  wow! speechless

  —-

  what did every1 think?

• 173. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:10 pm

  Back to football matters. Hleb is ‘ill’ and may miss sundays match. Walcott to start in his place?

• 174. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:11 pm

  Quaresma is good but AW isnt signing anyone tonight unfortunately.
  I fear the lad will go to the chavs or god forbid the spuds.

• 175. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:14 pm

  Sagna wont be back , because of his back , he couldnt get back fit in time.

  “We have Eboue (ankle), Gallas (groin), Sagna (back) and Lehmann (Achilles) out,”

  Almunia
  Hoyte Toure Senderos Clichy
  Theo Cesc Gilberto Rosicky
  VanP Ade

  Bench: Fabianski Traore Flamini Dedlilson Eduardo

• 176. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:14 pm

  Anyone agree with me that AW’s hands aren’t as clean as he makes out with reagrds to this takeover talk. It’s obvious that he knew about it beforehand. Could it be that Red & White has his blessing?

• 177. Little Dutch  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:16 pm

  We won’t sign Quaresma because he’s not very good.

• 178. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:17 pm

  I would rather be relegated than be owned by this bunch of power drunk whores. Weaned on real politik, and now drunk on power they move from cash flower to cash flower stinging anyone in their path like killer bees. Hideous.It sickens me.

  If AW is 1/10th the nobal man he claims then WTF is doing in bed with a slut like apricot face

• 179. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:19 pm

  Wouldn’t it be nice if we announced that Robinho, Huntelaar (altho I prefer anelka), and Mexes were on their way to the grove? Fat chance.

• 180. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:20 pm

  176 Pier. Strongly agree. He is up to his elbows in this stinking mess. Hypocrite

• 181. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:21 pm

  we wont sign anyone cos Dickies conspiracy theory has merit.

• 182. MagicHat  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:24 pm

  I agree with you GilbertoSilver, Dein can not be trusted. As an Amerigooner, this reminds me of a child’s parable that is told in America, not sure if you’ve heard it in Britain but it’s like this:

  - A frog is unhappy in his swamp and wants to leave, but the only way out is across a swift moving river which he cannot traverse.
  - He despairs but a friendly-seeming crocodile offers to help him across the river. and the frog is appropriately skeptical. The crocodile convinces the frog that he has no ill-intentions by offering to take him across the river on his tail where he could surely not eat him. The frog assents.
  - Halfway across the river, the crocodile says he needs to use his tail as a rudder, would the frog mind jumping to his back.
  - 3/4 of the way across the river, the crocodile, who has been kind and pleasant to the frog all the way, sneezes and says a duck feather has gone up his snout, would his new Friend the frog mind extracting it for him?
  - The frog, wooed by the charms of the crocodile and forgetting his situation, goes to the crocodile’s snout to remove the feather.
  - The crocodile has a nice frog dinner.

  In this case, Dein is the frog unhappy with his current situation (not happy being outside the board, wants to get across to the other side to run Arsenal)…. seemingly getting aid from a “friendly” crocodile (i.e. a Russian gangster)… who is not only going to consume Dein but consume our beloved Arsenal!!

  BEWARE POWERFUL FOES WITH EVIL INTENT BEARING FALSE AID AND ‘GIFTS’. FIGHT “RED AND WHITE” CONSORTIUM! SUPPORT THE CURRENT BOARD!

  That’s my view, at any rate, and I hope that of all Gooners worldwide.

• 183. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:24 pm

  Beer?

• 184. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:25 pm

  Lets hope that R&W comes clean with their plans soon so that everyone, includin the board, can make their minds up one way or the other. Also I would like to hear what AW has to say now that DD has made this announcement.
  What is annoying is that the board didn’t forsee this eventuality when they kicked DD off the board. They should have watched the Godfather: Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.

• 185. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:29 pm

  Quaresma? Fuck no!

  Move on please.

• 186. Geekov Marx  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:32 pm

  Red & White;

  Red; For the blood on the hands of Usmanov and his lackeys.

  White; For the white flag run up by the FA, Premier League, Government and even fans of Arsenal as they surrender meekly to the demands of these power hungry, tyrants.

  Please comrades, do not bow down to these bastards, nor suck at their supposedly golden, never ending teet.

• 187. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:36 pm

  Dah, It is hard to make premier omellette, without cracking a few skulls

• 188. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:37 pm

  red and white shite red and white shite hello hello

• 189. y-front man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:38 pm

  Arsene - “It [the possible takeover bid] has no implication on my contract at all. Some news will come out next week.”

  - You heard it here first!

• 190. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:38 pm

  I say, was that a tad overdramatic?

• 191. Boris Baddanov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:40 pm

  If we encounter any resistance, we shall crush it without flinching in our quest to take over the western world.

  Mwoo Haa haa haaa!!!

• 192. Ruralgoon  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:41 pm

  Geekov; just a wee tad, mi’dear!

• 193. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:42 pm

  For Dicky

  What interest do Russians have in EPL teams? Is there much money in it, compared to say the theft of an entire regions natural resouces from its ppl?

  Why would Gazproms boss be going head to head with Roman, a neosoviet governor who obeys Putin like a good puppysov? hey are idealogically linked.

  Well it could be the wealth that can be generated through gambling by large scale match fixing. aka Italy on steroids. Only they would do it with style(s)

  Anyone else have a thought as to why? I mean Kranskies interest is obvious, it is his core business. But what of these creatures?

• 194. Boris Baddanov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:42 pm

  After feasting on fresh babies, there is nothing I enjoy more than indulging in a little hostile takeover, dar! really gets the blood and adrenelin pumpin’.

  What? You haven’t tried it?

  Shame

• 195. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:43 pm

  Pompey will be our hardest defensive test of the season so far. Lets hope Clichy and Senderos concentrate for 90mins instead of the worrying lapses displayed last wednesday. I am glad that Gilberto will be in place infront of the back four for the first time in the PL this season. I thought he had a solid game the other night. I was even impressed with his passing. Wow maybe the time he spent in South America over the summer wasnt in vain after all.

• 196. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:43 pm

  190, I think you captured the moment very well.

• 197. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:44 pm

  Sagna wont be back , because of his back , he couldnt get back fit in time.

  “We have Eboue (ankle), Gallas (groin), Sagna (back) and Lehmann (Achilles) out,”

  Almunia
  Hoyte Toure Senderos Clichy
  Theo Cesc Gilberto Rosicky
  VanP Ade

  Bench: Fabianski Traore Flamini Dedlilson Eduardo

  I hope that he does not play Theo from the start, I would go with and Eboue should be back.. …if Hleb is out I prefer Denilson or Eduardo on the LW;

  ————-Almunia………………………………..Almunia
  Eboue-Toure-Senderos-Clichy….Eboue-Toure-Senderos-Clichy
  Rosicky-Csesc-Gilberto-Eduardo….Rosicky-Gilberto-Csesc
  ———RvP——–Adebayor………RvP—–Adebayor—-Eduardo

  Subs: Fabianski, Hoyte, Walcott, Denilson, Bendtner

  Yaaar

• 198. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:45 pm

  i better go take a shit before i blow a hole in the arse of me trousers farting, i havent left this fucking computer in 24 hours

• 199. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm

  195 we need to outscore them, and score first, like the good old days. We have not changed enough to assume we will not concede. It will be a good test though

• 200. y-fronts man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm

  yeah me too geekov mate. im letting a few crackers off here, a real fishy type of smell thats hanging around

• 201. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm

  200

• 202. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm

  Rural; Thanks for letting me know, will try to tone it down!

  Munitionsman; Am very much enjoying your posts! I would guess that, not only could money be made, but also monies could be ’sluced’ through a major operation like a football club, hence making it all nice, shiney, clean and smelling of Pot Pouri!

• 203. y-fronts man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:48 pm

  i love these type of farts when im in bed, i pull the sheets up over my head and seal the smell in, fucking awesome

• 204. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:49 pm

  Hello there ID stealer.

  What a rich life you have, i am soooo jealous, eh fu?

• 205. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:50 pm

  Just off on a bit of tangent here, but surely this is the worst collective of Arsenal players ever to play in the Premiership:

  ——————————–Wright———————————-

  Vivas———–Stepanovs———–Cygan—————Luzhny

  Helder———-Jensen—————Garde———–Danilvechius

  ——————Jeffers—————Kiwomya———————

• 206. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:50 pm

  203; Couldn’t agree more. Top post, well written, concise and a topic we can all relate to and agree with.

  Well done, bravo. bravo I say.

• 207. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:51 pm

  fuck you id stealer, everyone knows im the wittiest most intelligent and popular guy on here, im the man, you piss off you wont get to me

• 208. master of pain  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:51 pm

  almunia

  hoyte toure senderos clichy

  walcott cesc gilberto rosicky

  rvp eduardo

  subs:

  fabianski denilson bentner adebayor flamini……..maybe this lineup

• 209. Ruralgoon  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:52 pm

  Munitionsman; Im convinced it has to do with finding some way to invest funds [illegal or dirty, whatever] into a business that will not be too concerned with just where it has come from. The other factor is that there are few opportunities to buy into such a business; football is the biggest one, and the one with fewest controls.
  Once one dodgy bloke got into football, it was ever likely that more and more would join the bandwagon…. lets face it, unless there are any really dedicated and wealthy fans out there, the number of potential buyers for that quantity of shares at that sort of price is either only seeing it as good business or a “respectable” front for something far more sinister.

• 210. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:52 pm

  Sorry Diese I meant to credit you…

  175. DeiseGooner | August 31st, 2007 at 3:14 pmSagna wont be back , because of his back , he couldnt get back fit in time.

  “We have Eboue (ankle), Gallas (groin), Sagna (back) and Lehmann (Achilles) out,”

  Almunia
  Hoyte Toure Senderos Clichy
  Theo Cesc Gilberto Rosicky
  VanP Ade

  Bench: Fabianski Traore Flamini Dedlilson Eduardo

  I hope that he does not play Theo from the start, I would go with and Eboue should be back.. …if Hleb is out I prefer Denilson or Eduardo on the LW;

  ————-Almunia………………………………..Almunia
  Eboue-Toure-Senderos-Clichy….Eboue-Toure-Senderos-Clichy
  Rosicky-Csesc-Gilberto-Eduardo….Rosicky-Gilberto-Csesc
  ———RvP——–Adebayor………RvP—–Adebayor—-Eduardo

  Subs: Fabianski, Hoyte, Walcott, Denilson, Bendtner

  yaar Yaar

• 211. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:52 pm

  Dick; That danielvicious hardly played, if at all did he? Apart from the Dam Tourny, I think.

• 212. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:53 pm

  202 Yes getting the old pound note scrubbing board out could be a good reason. Mind you AW would have to go. FFS his turnover has been tuppence this year!! Have to get curbishley, now theres a man that can turn over some dosh.

  Like Rasputin spinning gold into shit players with broken legs.

• 213. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:54 pm

  207; Couldn’t agree more. Top post, well written, concise and a topic we can all relate to and agree with.

  Well done, bravo. bravo I say.

• 214. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:54 pm

  i just want you all to know im going to ignore this id stealer and it wont bother me in the slightest having people know i didnt post these silly blogs, my ego’s not that big, i can refuse to acknowledge it

• 215. fu  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:55 pm

  214 bet you cant

• 216. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:55 pm

  at least I am hoping Gilbos return will see the end of Song

• 217. Boris Baddonov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:56 pm

  Dar, iz true, need football club, make ego even bigger, give me chance to scrub clean money made from dirty businesses.

• 218. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:57 pm

  are we gonna fucking sighn a striker or not arsene you scroogey cunt

• 219. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:57 pm

  So geekov, did you fart or not? We have a right to know, cos Y-fronts has rushed into his confession already…. or was that the farty bottom ID stealer as well?

• 220. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:58 pm

  gilberto silver i love you

• 221. fu  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:58 pm

  who me?

• 222. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:59 pm

  not any more mate, ive been to the shitter

• 223. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:59 pm

  Watching Song reminds of that ol Joe Jackson number

  Why dont you play us , and play us and play us a slowwww soooonnnngg

• 224. fu  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:01 pm

  221, i couldnt care less whether or not im impersonated. my mission is to expose you nancy boy arselicking nerds for what you are, go ahead be fu

• 225. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:01 pm

  222 Did you check to see if it had an orange face?

• 226. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:01 pm

  “193. munitionsman | August 31st, 2007 at 3:42 pm
  For Dicky
  What interest do Russians have in EPL teams? Is there much money in it, compared to say the theft of an entire regions natural resouces from its ppl?”

  MUNI —-

  my guess is that this Russian fella is someone Dein knows, knew was a spender (ranked 126th richest man in the world, but apparently spends it just as quick as he earns it) with an eye for an investment to feed his eye for a danish pastry or two and thought, “Get £75M for my shares - AND still be back on the board at Arsenal?? I’ll have some of that.”

  Unless my elaborate, complete and utter bollocks conspiracy theory is true, then Dein knows Wenger won’t ever adopt a Vendi Vidi Visa approach to the transfer market, no matter how much laundered money we have in the bank. In fact, knowing Wenger, if he thinks the money’s “dirty”, he’ll probably go out of his way to spend less of that than the “clean” money he barely spends now.

  Surely therefore Dein is just using Usmanov - in my opinion, anyway - as a cash vessel upon which to sail back into the Emirates echelons and then either buy the guy out or find someone else who will. It’s pretty much exactly what he wanted to do with Kroenke but probably realised the American wasn’t quite as ruthless and wasn’t prepared to burn his moderately long-standing bridges with the club’s board. Usmanov, on the other hand, a newcomer, doesn’t really give a shit - long as he gets the club via any means necessary.

• 227. Arsehole Venga  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:02 pm

  nice one fu, welcome back

• 228. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:06 pm

  226 So its all set up for Kroenke and the existing board to close ranks. The poor danish munching heart recipient will be frozen out, with Dein on a bridge too far. But the current board will have to let Kroenke have some control though.

• 229. Pro-Fabregas  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:06 pm

  Welcome to my comments. I will just say that the club’s board will not really accept a takeover and I believe they will act in the best interests of the club. I quoted this

  (But then they’ll get to work on individuals. Dein will offer board members Roubles beyond their wildest dreams, and at the end of the day, they’re only human. There will be offers they cannot refuse. They might see themselves as “custodians of the club“, but they are still people with lives and families and, ultimately, business interests.

  It’s a slippery slippery slope from here, and I don’t like it one bit.)

  I totally diagree with this and I think the board will not sell the club for personal gain because if that is the case then the Arsenal as we know it of today will already have a single owner. So even though I think a takeover is inevitable, a good takeover should be considered in the best interests of the club and a bad takeover like Dein’s, well, should be rejected. Thanks for taking your time in reading my comments.

• 230. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:08 pm

  If Dein is using Usmeenof, then he is a silly boy. Thats a bit like using strontium 90 to clean ur car…. it can have some nasty side effects.

• 231. munitionsman  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:11 pm

  229 That is quite possible, and I hope it is the case.

• 232. Respect Eduardo  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:14 pm

  Even if Wenger is reluctant to spend money on big names, i suppose Dein has the right to use Usmeenof money to sign any players he like even if Wenger opposes it.

• 233. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:15 pm

  205. Dick (aka Willy) - Glenn Helder in the worst team of all time ? I will have you know my sould glo skills were second to none

• 234. Y-Front Man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:16 pm

  Gilberto why cant you do something about this constant id theft it makes a mockery of this blog! if you can ban people as you threaten i’m guessing by blocking their IP then I assume you know who it is steals the ID’s… Ban them for Fuck sake!

• 235. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:16 pm

  Enough of all the infighting for now. TFIFriday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 236. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:17 pm

  That should have read Soul Glo

• 237. Y-Front Man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:19 pm

  I loved Helder! wot a tash! haha. bumfluff at its finest.

  http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files_football/HELDER_Glenn_19950415_GH_R.jpg

• 238. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:19 pm

  Anyone remember Kaba Diawarra? I know he was bad, but was he worse than Song?

• 239. vlcgooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:20 pm

  Well, I weigh in from my other world, as an industrial economist. I am not sure, for all that, that I know any more than the rest of you. In fact, I could know less. But the way I see it, big money really does make a difference. The global fan-base for football is expanding rapidly at the moment, with Asia being the main area of expansion. A few top teams with recognizable players stand to gain the lion’s share of this expansion, since new fans, particularly Asian fans, are not well informed as consumers and so tend to go for big name brands. In order to become one of those brands, the team will need money. it is already based in London, which is a plus, but that is not enough. It will need marquis players. this competitive ‘elevation’ will leave a permanent caste system in the game (unfortunately it already has one), and Arsenal would like to be part of the upper-caste.

  Having said that, I am personally gutted that we took an Oligarch’s dirty money. I love Arsene’s Arsenal — a group of players assembled without a big sugar-daddy that is capable of beating anyone and playing the most beautiful football on the planet (along with Barcelona, a much richer team in a much less violent league). I would take Wenger’s football, with one or two super-class signings thrown in (where are they?) any day, over Chelsea’s “I’ll buy you a championship” approach.

• 240. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:21 pm

  Predict a 2-1 win on sunday. Cesc and RVP to score. Utaka for them.

• 241. Alan Partridge  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:21 pm

  193
  Other than money laundering - the fat crook is in it to raise his profile, safety net in case Putin govt losing power.
  Could of just come on my new show on The David Deins a slimy luminous cnut channel

• 242. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:25 pm

  A-hem! *cough, cough*

  I’m somewhat returning now with my tail between my legs…

  …but I’ve just been told that the Quaresma story looks like it was “possibly” bullshit. I’m not saying for sure yet, but some scorn has been poured my way.

  HOWEVER, before you start lambasting me I must say I was the End User of this information, not the instigator. And the sports desk of a major newspaper has equally been duped, it seems, into going out on an arm and a leg to confirm the story - according to my friend, anyway.

  Allegedly he was spotted at White Hart Lane this morning and a Portuguese photographer also snapped Quaresma’s agent arriving into London this morning and sent the pictures in, adding fuel to the earlier claim. But… five hours on and no sign of the promised pics from the “photographer” of Quaresma at White Hart Lane. Oh well, an insight at least into how fickle the sports desk of a major newspaper commits precious time and effort based on murmurings. And I bet at least some of you on here paid money for this paper this morning.

  To be fair to the bloke, his ’scoops’ have come good in the past. Said it always gets like that on transfer deadline day though.

  Like fucking pigeons to a baguette, the lot of ‘em.

  (You watch, it’ll probably turn out to be true now!)

• 243. Pier  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:26 pm

  A bit of CL news: Sevilla have signed Arouna Kone. So we will be facing him and Kanoute up front.

• 244. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:27 pm

  told you not to buy it , i didnt :o)

• 245. DeiseGooner  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:27 pm

  Kone - 21 goals in 2 seasons in the dutch league. Toure will keep him in his pocket

• 246. Glenn Helder  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pm

  Gus Caesar he tops them all

  Also see luggage lover David Hillier

• 247. Bubba  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pm

  Can someone please explain to me exactly what DD has done for the club that has made him so great? Certainly he convinced the board to hire Wenger. But Rioch was a disaster and DD a new investor at the time and we were ready for change. Also, it is not like DD really knew Wenger. Wenger was referred to DD from Houlier. After that? DD just processed the paper work on transfers. That business is still getting done today. DD is not a club scout. Wenger runs the scout network through Grimaldi. Aside from showing up at U-18 and reserve matches, I really don’t understand exactly what added value DD provided. Plus, do we really want a man, who was wrong on the single most important financial issue facing the club in its history, moving to Ashburton Grove v. renting Wembley in charge of making more big decisions?

• 248. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:30 pm

  “233. Glenn Helder | August 31st, 2007 at 4:15 pm
  205. Dick (aka Willy) - Glenn Helder in the worst team of all time ? I will have you know my sould glo skills were second to none”

  Only the worst PREMIERSHIP Arsenal collective of all time. But granted, your hair was so shiny that when I used to take my camera to games, I used your bonce as a reflector board and never once needed to use the flash.

• 249. Gilles Grimandi  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:36 pm

  Diawara was pony and Christopher Wreh

• 250. PEELER  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:36 pm

  247
  He’s bought an odd round at airports.
  Other than that everything he did (and will do) lined his own pocket (was instrumental in first sky tv deal)
  tried to get bobby robson in b4 rioch was appointed (and signed a certain mr bergkamp)
  He’s still a cunt though

• 251. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:38 pm

  Thanks for the input in my absence!

  Yeah DD? IF he wanted to actually help the club, why the fook didn’t he get the investment when we ACTUALLY needed it? You knbow, when we were scraping around for cash to move and build the new stadium? Nope, nowhere to be seen. Now we have made that massive step, are in our top new home and the revenues are starting to come through, what happens? He starts sucking satan’s cock in the form of this twat from Uzbekistan!

• 252. gunner fan  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:40 pm

  Ex-Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein has told the Premiership club it must welcome foreign investment if it is to succeed in future

• 253. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm

  Although Dein and co’s predicted millions might not make much difference to Wenger’s transfer activity, it might make a difference to our retension of players - i.e. higher wages.

  Maybe Wenger believes in this team, but what if within three years Diaby is the next Vieira and everyone’s after him, throwing silly money at his agent and offering him astronomical wages and a quite ridiculous signing-on fee? Same with Fabregas. Same with Clichy. Van Persie. All who will mature into players that the likes of Real and Barca will come knocking for (again, in some cases). One thing I’ve been pissed off with in recent years is the club’s inability to keep their players. With the exception of Henry and Ljungberg - who were by far our biggest earners - our wage-structure is limited.

  The transfer market we’re competing for therefore is an internal one. I’m not saying we should - or even want us to - turn into a Chelsea, offering players monthly paycheques that mirror lottery winnings, but the extra money would mean none of our players would ever go wanting. And let’s face it, as football’s universal profile ever-increases, money talks.

• 254. Bubba  |  August 31st, 2007 at 4:58 pm

  253.

  An interesting point. But was the 1-year contract over 30 policy a policy of Wengers or imposed by the board? My guess is that Wenger came up with it on his own. It is our refusal to pay top salary to ageing players who provide diminishing returns is why we lose them. Our salaries are always competitive and we do not trade higher wages for ownership of players commercial and sponsorship rights, like what is done in Spain and Italy. Every dollar that Henry earned from Nike or Reebok or whoever was a dollar in his pocket. From now on, that money or at least a significant portion of it, goes to Barcelona.

• 255. y-fronts man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:08 pm

  who do you guys think will win big brother, ive £1 on the twins at 1/50 so i think im in with a good shout although i fancy that ziggy so if not the twins then him

• 256. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:08 pm

  seems that wenger is questioning the new investor real motive. that certainly would suggest that wenger is not in league with david dein and can seperated private frienship with professional issues. good on you arsene

• 257. Dick (aka Willy)  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:09 pm

  BUBBA —

  good point with the image rights, etc. But I feel Wenger has learnt his lesson with aging players. I mean he’s hung onto Gilberto, who’s 31. Gallas is 30, and he obviously sees him as a long-term player at the club to hand him the captaincy. Same with Henry - had he not left. It was only really Vieira and Pires (namely the latter) who he fucked over with that policy, and he even admitted last season that we missed Pires’ goals and assists, so there’s every chance in the future players like, say, Diaby - provided they can still perform when they get to that age - will be offered better contracts. The more money at the club, the less risk of offering them deals. I bet in the past Wenger’s decisions were perhaps not primarily, but most definitely partly based on that fact he was juggling a wage-bill and didn’t want a bunch of 30-somethings sitting around on the bench, getting rich with their tracksuit on. Bigger wage budget means better scope for offering aging players sensible but more attractive deals.

• 258. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:14 pm

  I bet in the past Wenger’s decisions were perhaps not primarily, but most definitely partly based on that fact he was juggling a wage-bill and didn’t want a bunch of 30-somethings sitting around on the bench, getting rich with their tracksuit on. Bigger wage budget means better scope for offering aging players sensible but more attractive deals.

  thats a great point dude

• 259. Cesc  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:20 pm

  You are talking total nonsense.

  DD knows more about Arsenal than anyone else. Arsenal is here today because of DD so dont you ever forget that.

  Everything good about Arsenal right now can be traced back to DD and he can rightly claim credit for it. He was the one that brought Arsene Wenger.

  He knows Arsene Wenger professionally as well as personally. He knows full well the players Arsene would have liked to have bought but couldnt because he didnt have enough money to buy those players or because he could not compete with clubs like Manutd, Chelsea, Liverpool and even teams like Tottenham now. Players such as Rooney, Ronaldhino, Eto, SWP e.t.c. DD knows better than us how many players we missed out on because we did not have the financial muscle.

  He knows that better than Elderman because he was the fucking guy trying to make those deals as that was his fucking JOB!

  Just look at our situation right now. We have won jack shit for 2 years. If there is a player we want as soon as chelsea, manutd, liverpool or tottenham show interest we straight away drop our interest cause we know we cannot compete with them financially.

  This leaves us with the only option of either buying second rate players (which wenger will not do) or spot young talent early before anyone else and buy them and then develop them. Wenger has opted for this option unfortunately this is a slow process.

  You say DD seems to have made it a personal issue but it sounds very much like you have made it a personal issue against DD.

• 260. Gunner 8  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:23 pm

  Fuck off davey b

  hey why don’t you start posting shite under my name again gobshite

  As I am off to the pub it can’t be me… ..l8er looser

• 261. guibosss  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:24 pm

  I’ve just got a question?

  Believe it or not I’m a true arsenal fan for years, but if you look at facts, when the fucking russian came to buy chelsea they won the league 1 or 2 year after; 2 years ago United was sold to the americans and now they are champions and they all got the money to spend on proper players (no offence to the player we’ve got now, but the addition of quaresma or Ribery would be better).
  What I see as the worst part of it is that those 3 fuckers are loaded so it might comes to a kind of “juventus’ paying teams and referees to winn story” and that isn’t good at all.

• 262. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:25 pm

  260. Gunner 8 | August 31st, 2007 at 5:23 pm
  Fuck off davey b

  hey why don’t you start posting shite under my name again gobshite

  As I am off to the pub it can’t be me… ..l8er looser

  later you pussy

• 263. RyanMick  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:27 pm

  We don’t deserve this. If only the FA could step in and do something about criminals trying to buy clubs (Shinawhathisname at man city, abromabitch, etc.). I’m proud of our board in the fact that they’ve held out this long. The only person deserving of chairman is Arsene. I suggest some foreign investors (english or french, not israeli or russian) put him in place after he retires. Loyalty is at a premium these days. TRUST ARSENE.

• 264. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:28 pm

  dick have u got the link yet coz i just heard he just sighned a new deal with who ever he plays 4

• 265. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:30 pm

  guibosss so you do not care where the money comes from as long as we win right? from what i understand wenger has money to spend if he so wish.

• 266. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:31 pm

  ryan mick u try tellin me u wouldnt want david villa at arsenal who cares about the board it means we get cash dont it?

• 267. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:33 pm

  265. gud point they have been sayin hat 4 time but they wud wudnt they the only time ive seen wenger spend money is wen hes sold some1

• 268. enki  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:37 pm

  champions will wenger signed those players even if he has the money. in a few years nobody will be able to question that arsenal has money. we will see then if wenger splash it on big names. i however am thankful that we have a manager like wenger who has not put a financial strain on the club by buying big names. the sad case of leeds and dortmund should be cautionary tale for all those who advocate wanton spending.

• 269. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:37 pm

  you might have already seen this link ,eldeman claims gunners in a strong position

  http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_2696893,00.html

• 270. Respect Eduardo  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:39 pm

  267
  Wenger has sold our captain Henry and Ljungberg yet have not really worried about replacing them with signings.

• 271. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:40 pm

  yes but once again wud u rather have villa at 25 or 28?

• 272. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:43 pm

  R.E yeah that coz we ggot rvp bender ade and eddy to replace titi and 4 lunjberg he didnt play 4 us 4 pratically 2 years

• 273. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:44 pm

  bendtner LOL

• 274. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:46 pm

  273 yeah i know i was takin the piss LOL

• 275. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:46 pm

  SORRY DUDE

• 276. Respect Eduardo  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:49 pm

  RVP, Bendtner and Ade are hardly prolific strikers. As for Eduardo, we shall see as the seasons goes. But i do feel we need another experience striker as the seasons goes with injuries to come.

• 277. Flu0  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:52 pm

  Any deadline day transfer rumors for arsenal?

• 278. taco  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:55 pm

  259.
  such as Rooney, Ronaldhino, Eto, SWP e.t.c. DD knows better than us how many players we missed out on because we did not have the financial muscle.
  ————
  Rooney. Too expensive.

  Ronaldinho - AW spotted Ronnie before his twenty but couldn’t get work permit.

  Eto’o - his last season in Mallorca was coowned by RM and Barca. Given the complexity of his ownership,eEven ManU wouldn’t be able to sign him.

  SWP - Wrighty wanted his son to play for Chelsea.

• 279. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:58 pm

  276 not indivisually but if u put all 4 of them together i think they all make up 4 henry but well see init

• 280. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 5:59 pm

  277 what do u tink lol i mean are there ever that r true we get all hyped up but there not even true

• 281. Flu0  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:02 pm

  Haha i just need some stuff to read about to pass the time as the window shuts. Then i’ll mull over the possible formations we could use.

• 282. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm

  wait …hold on… wenger is in talk with the best player in the world …………..its …………….who gives a flyin fuk?

• 283. El Tommo  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm

  Aside from all the other BS on here as usual - QUARESMA IS A KNOB-HEAD. Have you ever actually studied his play? Yeah - he can go forward and do some fancy tricks BUT he cannot defend or help out the defense in any way whatsoever - put simply HE IS SHIT DEFENSIVELY and he just wanders around the field fiddling with his penis while the rest of his team-mates defend. That is why his Barcelona career failed, that is why Ferguson didn’t pick him up and went for Ronaldo instead and that is why he is not wanted at Arsenal. QUARESMA IS A KNOB-HEAD.

• 284. A NOOB Fan  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm

  Hmm why don’t we start our own fund to buy Arsenal shares and prevent these scums from weilding too much power.

• 285. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:06 pm

  if we started up our own football team like fc united what would it be called ,hmm

• 286. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:08 pm

  manure hav made an enquiry 4 jamain defungus from spuds but they want 20 million 4 the twat

• 287. davey b  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:08 pm

  20 MILLION LOL

• 288. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:09 pm

  287.Exatly

• 289. taco  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:10 pm

  I will cheer on sp*ds to suck more moeny from Manure. 1 crap striker to the Fungus’s team and sp*ds will have more money to sign another Bent. Perfect.

• 290. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:10 pm

  283 .Twiddles with his penis .Funny

• 291. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:11 pm

  291

• 292. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:12 pm

  292

• 293. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:12 pm

  can i do this to 300? ahhhhh fuck it lol

• 294. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:13 pm

  294 y not?

• 295. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:13 pm

  295

• 296. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:14 pm

  closer and closer

• 297. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:14 pm

  almost there

• 298. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:15 pm

  nearly

• 299. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:15 pm

  i can smell it!

• 300. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:15 pm

  1 more

• 301. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:16 pm

  oh shit i went to far didnt i oh well only 98 more to go

• 302. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:17 pm

  97 na just kidin lol!

• 303. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:18 pm

  i just realised im really sad aint i

• 304. RyanMick  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:22 pm

  Champions (266), with all due respect, The Arsenal is the “cleanest” when compared to the big four. we don’t need a sugar daddy. sir alex, mourinho, and benitez spend because they have no other choice. There capacity as managers is limited (although benitez is a great cup manager). Arsene is the most complete and revolutionary boss in the world. David Villa? For how much? I’ll take a free Cesc, a Gilberto, an RVP, a Hleb, and a Toure for half the price of a Villa. How do you think we got our new and beautiful stadium. It wasn’t a robber baron from russia, it was outhinking the oppostion in terms of transfers. Rosicky is still the most expensive buy in the history of the bundislega and we snapped for 8 mil I think. Anyways, I have high hopes for this season, Arsene knows what he is doing. Despite the fact you seem to think you know more about continental players than Wenger or Grimandi.

  On another note. I’m sick and tired of hearing so-called Gooners blast the team and the manager. Just you wait, our young team is going to turn a lot of heads this season, granted we stay healthy.
  end of rant.

• 305. taco  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:23 pm

  259.
  278.

  I can give more names and reasons, to prove money often can’t sovlve any things.

  Ramos - After a few games in his impressive first season and caught AW’s attention, Sevilla immediately got Ramos to sign a new contract with a 18M release cluase.

  Angulo - changed his mind before boarding his flight to London last minute.

  Cech - Wenger noticed the Cezh keeper in Rennes. Again, couldn’t get work permit.

  Baptista - wanted Spanish passport despite Wenger’s willing to meet Sevilla’s asking price. Hence lost his form in Real anyway.

• 306. champions  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:27 pm

  304 u talk to much gud point though!

• 307. RyanMick  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:35 pm

  Champions, I don’t mean to argue, but we have something special here at Arsenal. And I think all true gooners need to have faith.

• 308. crafty bison  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:51 pm

  Diego from Werder is the newest rumour - any truth?

• 309. Russian Bid & Champio&hellip  |  August 31st, 2007 at 6:57 pm

  [...] Gilbertosilver and Arseblogger understand these sort of things a lot better than me so if you fancy finding out more and reading their opinions then definitely visit Gunnerblog and Arseblog. [...]

• 310. nacer  |  August 31st, 2007 at 7:19 pm

  308…please sa its tru!!! but he did only just moove there last summer or in january

• 311. master of pain  |  August 31st, 2007 at 7:20 pm

  any transfer rumours….6 hours to go………….

• 312. Eric  |  August 31st, 2007 at 7:59 pm

  No.

  Arsenal will not be making any transfers.

  And Usmanov was imprisoned in the Soviet Union? Good grief, what a naughty man. Seriously, wake the fuck up.

• 313. Eric  |  August 31st, 2007 at 8:00 pm

  Diego from Werder is the newest rumour - any truth?

  Of course not.

• 314. Alexandre Song Billong  |  August 31st, 2007 at 8:04 pm

  Has this blog got an accept for Song worship and the love for roubles?

• 315. Li'l John  |  August 31st, 2007 at 8:27 pm

  I don’t want to be a gunnerski. The day these guys take over, the club I support will be no more. The identity, the values, and what AFC stands for will do a complete 180.

• 316. Eric  |  August 31st, 2007 at 8:41 pm

  What identity do you think you have that is bound up in Peter Hill-Wood and his cronies? Identity and tradition is the fan’s preserve - and we’ll keep it. Hill-Wood can take his xenophobic, toffee-nosed crap and fuck off.

• 317. y-fronts man  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:04 pm

  go on arsene you mean fucker, why wont you spend the fucking money you tight fisted cunt, its not yours so get us a player you stupid cunt

• 318. tommy gavin  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:09 pm

  i havent got excited about a sighning since bruce rioch bought bergkamp and platt, how long ago is that, im sick to fuck of wengers boring sighnings with potential, did any of you even you arsene knows clowns really think he would excite us with an exciting player

• 319. tommy gavin  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:11 pm

  and dont you quote henry or vieira to me cause when we got them, henry was average and fuck all of you had ever heard of vieira

• 320. bob  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:18 pm

  has diarra gone anywhere yet? i think he will def move, appartently if he plays 2 more games for chelsea that will trigger a clause in his contract and they will have to pay le harve an additional 500k in the transfer deal. i heard portsmouth were interested in him but according to sky they are trying to sign papa buba diop. where does this leave diarra? surely they wouldnt sell to us……..

• 321. Li'l John  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:31 pm

  Yeah, how about that. Is Diarra really going to pompey?

• 322. Li'l John  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:34 pm

  Bah takeover shmakeover, I just want to see some good football. Let’s play some ball.

• 323. Li'l John  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:37 pm

  What about Sunday’s game boys? We going to win?

• 324. Geekov  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:39 pm

  NEWSFLASH, ARSENAL ARE SENSATIONALLY ON THE BRINK OF SIGHNING STEVEN GERRARD, HONEST

• 325. Cesc  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:39 pm

  SWP was the perfect example. For 1 year we were continually linked with him. It was like accepted by everyone he will end up at Arsenal.

  Even wenger publicly admitted he liked him and would like to buy him but when chelsea made their interest in him known he admitted we could not compete with chelsea.

  Infact chelsea probably got SWP just to prevent us from getting him because they hardly ever used the guy for 2 years.

  That perfectly sums up how weak we are in the transfer market.

• 326. bob  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:40 pm

  not after they just signed diop, its a bit of a mystery……

• 327. bob  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:45 pm

  unless its newcastle….soz am just guessing

• 328. .  |  August 31st, 2007 at 9:52 pm

  how old r u geekov?

• 329. Jeff  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:43 pm

  What a bunch of bigots the brits are. As soon as the fishy russian money comes in, you are all screaming. Before it was the blimey yanks who know nothing about soccer. Stan K is looking a lot more of a desirable ownher, huh? Bunch of bozo’s…..

• 330. TH14 aka Fab4  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:47 pm

  324. in Geekov we trust!

• 331. Alansunderlandsfrothyheeeed  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:48 pm

  Dein wanted to go to wembley why??
  Dein then didnt want to go to ashburton grove why???
  Dein must know the figures being released next month so why move when the figures are meant to look like we have money??
  I think he could be our Peter kenyon and just go crazy with money (making us hated instead of admired by neautrals) and somehow that aint wengers way,then before you know it Dein has us playing in a euro super league just to get richer. This man is kudos driven and is for himself

• 332. shaun  |  August 31st, 2007 at 10:59 pm

  ok 1 hour to go

• 333. Simmzy  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:08 pm

  Jeez,,

• 334. Alansunderlandsfrothyheeeed  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:09 pm

  Millwall have signed teenage Arsenal forward Jay Simpson loan until January

• 335. crafty bison  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:24 pm

  Diarra could be a 23:59 one just like Gallas (although apparently he was actually more like 00:11…).

• 336. Larry Litvinenko  |  August 31st, 2007 at 11:43 pm

  So no more signings then. Considering that any decent player we may buy in January will now be cup tied for the C Lge, does anyone honestly feel this squad can win the thing? Not a fucking chance.

  So on we go with Hleb and Rosicky playing out of position, on we go with a good but by no means great frontline. Thats 4 months for this squad to prove their worth, let’s just hope Arsene really does know what he’s doing. Personally I am very dissapointed with our lack of action, infact I’m quite disgusted by it to be honest.

  Dein’s ego has been mentioned a lot today but you can’t level that at him without also questioning Arsene’s. He might be in a strong position at the moment but to gamble to this degree is crazy, our squad is simply not strong enough and it doesn’t need a master tactician to work that out. I’m not normally one to question the great man but right now I have to, fuck knows what he’s playing at.

  As for our new Russian investor, could it have been he’s box that traces of Plutonium were found in?

• 337. tony  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:00 am

  AW is like one of those tramps you sometimes hear about, when they’ve died it turns out the fuckers really did have a load of money after all. Forcing expensive players on Mourinho hasn’t always worked out so it’s unlikely Arsene would do any better. He’s not the best at keeping a lid on inflated ego’s and he can only placate one player at a time with the old captains armband trick.

  Fuck I’m pissed off with our lack of intent, pitiful !

  So much for Quaresma then Arnold, you prick !

• 338. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:00 am

  336. Larry Litvinenko | August 31st, 2007 at 11:43 pm

  bang on ,we are fucked one word for you SENDEROS

• 339. Larry Litvinenko  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:16 am

  338.davey b

  Never mind Senderos mate, hows about SONG, now that fucker should definately have been sold or at least loaned back out to Charlton. The boy shouldn’t be anywhere near our first team but you just wait and watch the cunt cost us a big game or two this year, it’s fucking rediculous.

• 340. shaun  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:18 am

  hey we just singed DIARRA

• 341. Kros  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:18 am

  We’ve just signed Diarra!!

• 342. Kros  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:20 am

  He’s a sly old dog, does it every time!!

• 343. shaun  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:20 am

  http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=480922&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Arsenal+Sign+Lassana+Diarra
  this is unbelievable

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• 344. Alansunderlandsfrothyheeeed  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:22 am

  PHW beware of men with poison tipped umbrella’s

• 345. shaun  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:24 am

  WHAT A SLY MAN WENGER IS

• 346. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:27 am

  wenger cunt

• 347. Simmzy  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:27 am

  Diarra, not bad!

  Considering we all thought there’d be NOTHING, this is NOTHING but a genuinely nice surprise, and a mood booster.

• 348. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:28 am

  Fuck me. We have signed a player!!!! Diarra from the chavs no less!!!

• 349. Larry Litvinenko  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:30 am

  Diarra’s in so all the more reason to fuck Song off to Crystal Palace or some other lot surely, the mighty Spuds perhaps.

• 350. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:34 am

  The BBC site even got in there before skysports.com after our official site broke the news.
  Diarra is another versatile midfielder. Not what we really needed tbh, BUT he is miles better than Song, so I for one welcome him to the team. Flamini isnt going to be best pleased though after a decent start to his campaign.

• 351. master of pain  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:35 am

  diarra is shit…….another midget….another central midfielder…..super super class player is an chelsea reject…………..we bloody need a winger ffs…………….

• 352. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:37 am

  How much more Lasagna can we gooners take!
  First Bacary (La) Sagna, now Lassana Diarra. If i was a spuds i would really be peeved with that word. Tee Hee.

• 353. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:39 am

  flamini ,denilson ,cesc,,diarra,hleb ,rosicky ,clichy, gotta be one of the smallest squads in history , i mean midgets

• 354. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:40 am

  351 - Diarra is better than Song, and most probably better than Flamini as well athough this may be a little harsh on the flamster. Song has appeared in our first team far too often this season if you ask me. So shut your noise.

• 355. Kros  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:40 am

  He’s not a Chelsea reject…. They had high hopes for him but it was his choice to leave and as he only had year left on his contract then Chelsea had to either sell him or watch him leave for nothing in the summer.

  He’s a quality player and whilst its not exactly what we need it gives us more strength in the squad.

• 356. Larry Litvinenko  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:43 am

  Now what? Do we go to bed happy in the knowledge that Song will now only play C.Cup or do we wait till 1am just in case there’s more prezzies. Another beer is in order I feel.

• 357. master of pain  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:43 am

  is another surprise on the deck………mayb a winger?

• 358. Alansunderlandsfrothyheeeed  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:45 am

  if it keeps song out the picture well that aint bad

• 359. shaun  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:45 am

  wenger probably wants to use him as a right back or center back(or a winger (eboue))

  he is extra cover during ACN
  the main reason he brought diarra is because he is already accustomed to english football, so he doesnt need to adjust to english football

• 360. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:46 am

  dont try say it adds strength we have got a raft of CM AND AMF ,hes french thats it and pv4 ,thuram ,trezeguet,henry,pires,makelele,zidane are all 30+ ,we are developing the next generation for them

• 361. master of pain  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:48 am

  yes davey b…agree wif u….he’s french..its tat simple…

• 362. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:48 am

  Of course he adds stength, and depth. That’s what players + 1 means, are you a fucking retard?

• 363. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:50 am

  I know we could have done with a winger BUT AW is assembling a truly versatile squad where players will be expected to change position as and when required. Diarra can play CM or RB. Gilberto can play CM or CB. Diaby can play CM or LM. Cesc is god and can play wherever. Denilson can play anywhere across midfield. Flamini can play CM and RB/LB. Song can play…….oh yeah shit i forgot he cant play anywhere really.
  AW is biding his time until the boardroom capers settle down one way or another by signing interchangeable players to fit the system he likes to play. Until money becomes readily available to him to spend he will continue with this policy.

• 364. Larry Litvinenko  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:50 am

  Don’t care davey, so long as that cunt Song’s well away from the first team I’d have taken Barry Chuckle. Hear what your saying though.

• 365. Arsey  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:51 am

  Wenger dreams of Diarra and Diaby in the middle.

  He must know that we have ample cover in central midfiled and right back.

  Clearly the opportunity to buy him couldn’t be ignored.

• 366. Larry Litvinenko  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:53 am

  363 Pier:

  Good call.

• 367. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:56 am

  theres one difference to this arsenal side than last year we have taken away a man who even with all his injuries scored 14 goals last year and replaced him with an uknown and we ve got the AN coming up this year so kolo and adebayor will be going ,and we have a light squad, diarra is not a strker or a CB ,oh yeah we let djorou go aswell
  so we can filed that muppet senderos
  wheres the logic in that

• 368. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 12:58 am

  theres no point trying to make sense of ot cause it is just outrageous what hes done ,well stupid

• 369. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:00 am

  Where’s the logic in you even having a brain?

  The ACN is in January, there’s a transfer window in January. If something is needed it can be bought then. “Only one difference”? Dumb piece of shit.

• 370. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:03 am

  we had a perfect oppurtunity to do something this year with the great start we have made with a few additions we could have been in with a shout for a trophy ,and AW has just dashed those ambitions well and truly

  WANKER

• 371. y-front man  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:04 am

  Can you believe it!!! we signed diarra. what a great signing! the future of the france midfield! diaby and diarra! perfect long term replacement for gilberto

• 372. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:05 am

  369. LeArse | September 1st, 2007 at 1:00 am

  january is miles away you dick ,and if you a had a brain you d know the squad we have is not gonna be good enough to be in the race for the title come january

  IDIOT

• 373. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:05 am

  This just in..

  Davey B officially the dumbest man alive.

• 374. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:06 am

  369. LeArse | September 1st, 2007 at 1:00 am

  u fucking bandit ,AW cock sucking toss pot

• 375. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:07 am

  367 - TH is in the past. Sure he was our greatest ever but the team will share the burden. Have you not noticed the goals from Cesc, Hleb and Rosicky lately? Also Eduardo has got off the mark, and RVP will get a fair few too. Then theres Ade and Bendtner and Theo.
  I am not saing that any of these guys can get 30 a season like TH used to, but they will easliy be able to share the responsibility.
  Letting Djourou go on loan was a little strange I agree but hopefully AW can recall him in Jan if needed. Senderos isnt as bad as you make out, and I would even go so far as to suggest that he is the only defender we have that seems comfortable with aerial balls.
  CB cover - Toure, Gallas, Senderos, Gilberto (see my point on versatility above), and if we are really up shit creak Djourou can surely be recalled in Jan or if not a dip into the transfer market will be possible then.

• 376. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:07 am

  Dumbass, then don’t say:

  “we ve got the AN coming up this year so kolo and adebayor will be going”

  When at the same time, a window re-opens.

  You are a retard, sir.

• 377. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:09 am

  yeah it would make sense to buy them then would’nt it yeah so they ve got no time to adjust to the prem ,yeah i see your point LOL

• 378. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:13 am

  Well by your unfounded logic, Djourou will have been playing prem the entire season until then, and to even associate adjustment with the entirety of new players is as idiotic as your primary gripe with today’s signing.

  It’s not as if I’m happy with the absence of a wide signing - I just think you’re a retard, you can’t even spell simple words.

• 379. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:13 am

  375. Pier | September 1st, 2007 at 1:07 am

  thats the trouble dude with our squad we are not gonna be in contention come january ,and why put off what u can do now till january its bullshit and it dont make sense

• 380. Richard  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:14 am

  lassana diarra is ours

• 381. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:15 am

  Davey davey. Calm down mate. What’s to say that we couldn’t put in a bid to get a CB that already plays in the PL in Jan? Anyway from what I have seen of Djourou he is far from the finished article and a spell with Brum will do him good. Senderos will improve this year, even if it is only because Gallas or Toure (see CL qualifier) will bollock him if his concentration lapses. IMHO and at this particular moment in time Senderos > Djourou.

• 382. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:16 am

  378. LeArse | September 1st, 2007 at 1:13 am
  Well by your unfounded logic, Djourou will have been playing prem the entire season until then, and to even associate adjustment with the entirety of new players is as idiotic as your primary gripe with today’s signing.

  no your right DB 10 ,th14 , settled straight away in england did’nt they ,a bit like drogba ,shevchenko lol

  WAKEY WAKEY

• 383. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:18 am

  Someone fails at reading comprehension, don’t they?

  “and to even associate adjustment with the entirety of new players is as idiotic as your primary gripe with today’s signing.”

  So Bergkamp and Henry are “everyone”? There’s no such thing as an exception? Despite the fact there have been numerous? You’re such an idiot haha.

• 384. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:19 am

  sounds like a load of excuses to me ,like is said thers no reason it could’nt have been done now even if we had to borrow 10 million it would have been an ecucated gamble especially with the start we ve made

  and the start man utd have made to boot

• 385. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:23 am

  383. LeArse | September 1st, 2007 at 1:18 am
  Someone fails at reading comprehension, don’t they?

  “and to even associate adjustment with the entirety of new players is as idiotic as your primary gripe with today’s signing.”

  So Bergkamp and Henry are “everyone”? There’s no such thing as an exception? Despite the fact there have been numerous? You’re such an idiot haha.

  i never said everyone but if you had a brain you d take note ive just reeled off 4 players off the top of my head , the majority of foreign players do take time to settle in ,

  if you want i can give you 50 examples of it ,and ill bet you cant give me 20 that have adapted straight away YOU DUMMEY

  GOT TO BED SON NOBODY ON THIS BLOG IS BAAAD ENOUGH TO ARGUE WITH ME ,YOU BELL END

• 386. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:23 am

  Yes it could’ve been done now. But in many ways, Wenger is naive. He hardly built upon the Invincibles team because they were fine at the time. In some ways, he’s miserable at forward-thinking. But today’s signing to me is like -

  Signing no one VS signing a versatile midfielder

  I find it difficult to complain, considering we all thought there’d be NOTHING.

• 387. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:25 am

  no your right DB 10 ,th14 , settled straight away in england did’nt they ,a bit like drogba ,shevchenko lol

  HOW DOES THIS EQUALS THIS

  So Bergkamp and Henry are “everyone”? There’s no such thing as an exception? Despite the fact there have been numerous? You’re such an idiot haha.

  LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

• 388. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:25 am

  Davey. How many times. We have cover for the CB spot, albeit not as abundant as in CM, but then that is why we have perhaps signed Diarra so Gilberto can be used as a CB IF required.

• 389. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:26 am

  Congratulations on showcasing your inept intellect, once again. Making the false assumption that any signing in Jan would be:

  A; foreign
  B; from outside the premiership
  C; unable to adapt in quick time

  Because Sagna is one in a million, right?

• 390. Alansunderlandsfrothyheeeed  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:26 am

  the chavs didnt wanna lose him tho

• 391. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:29 am

  388. Pier | September 1st, 2007 at 1:25 am
  Davey. How many times. We have cover for the CB spot, albeit not as abundant as in CM, but then that is why we have perhaps signed Diarra so Gilberto can be used as a CB IF required.

  mate gilberto is a shambles at CB ,CASE IN POINT PSV GAME

  SENDEROS AND HOYTE ARE NOT ADEQUATE COVER AT ALL ,HOW MANY TIMES IVE HEARD SENDEROS WILL COME GOOD THIS YEAR

• 392. LeArse  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:33 am

  Senderos came good in 04-05 IMO, and did fairly well in 05-06. Ever since his confidence has spiralled downwards, and his pace exploited. But he can be useful depending on our opposition on the day.

• 393. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:34 am

  If not truly happy i am at least content that we manged to get an extra player in late before the deadline (AW stop putting us through it every summer please). In Diarra we have a terrier like player who will fight for the ball and win back posession before passing to Cesc or Hleb to set up our plays. I think he will be a good player for us and maybe even allow Cesc freedom to move further forward where he will be able to concentrate on attack rather than defence. Any thoughts?

• 394. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:35 am

  yeah hide him away for the bolton ,everton ,chelsea games yeah sounds like an able back up does nt he

• 395. Simmzy  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:36 am

  Mmm yeah.

  I can’t disappointed because Diarra totally owns Song. It may not of been the signing we all desired, but it’s something. And I do rate Diarra from what I’ve seen from him thus far.

• 396. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:36 am

  393. Pier | September 1st, 2007 at 1:34 am

  aint he already afforded that luxury with gilberto playing there

• 397. Simmzy  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:37 am

  I can’t be disappointed*

• 398. arsestar*  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:39 am

  well said LeArse

• 399. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:39 am

  Gilberto has already played CB this season when he was drafted in on his first game back. Didnt seem to put a foot wrong to me and against a decent ManCity attack. IMO he is capable of playing there if we need him to.

• 400. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:41 am

  399. Pier | September 1st, 2007 at 1:39 am
  Gilberto has already played CB this season when he was drafted in on his first game back. Didnt seem to put a foot wrong to me and against a decent ManCity attack. IMO he is capable of playing there if we need him to.

  square pegs round holes ,why do that when you could have got curtis davies alone ,the excuses just dont hold any weight

• 401. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:42 am

  on loan

• 402. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:43 am

  thats the trouble with our side to many players playing out of there natural positions ,

• 403. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:43 am

  Davey, only time will tell. I am sure AW will hold his hands up and admit his mistake if CB position becomes a problem. Perhaps even Steve Bould can be drafted in in an emergency. ;o)

• 404. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:46 am

  Anyway mate I have to go to bed now as i am growing weary. Just be happy that we signed a fuckin player…….i know i am. Laters

• 405. davey b  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:48 am

  AW has had chances to redeem himself time and again and today has just took the biscuit mate,i honestly sat back did’nt criticise to much in the belief theres no way on this earth he would even contemplait letting all these players go and not sign replacments or adquate ones ,and toady he has once again let his ego rule his head

  this is AW arsenal his little play thing and he will do with it what he pleases ,fans are erelavent

• 406. arsestar*  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:48 am

  you guys seriously need to stop worrying about everything i dont know why you just dont wait for the season to progress, look how good we are doing in the league with a game in hand and judging from the Arsenal crossbar challenge the team spirit is looking pretty good, so lets just wait until we get shot down under our unbeaten start and then beging the moans.

• 407. Pier  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:50 am

  406 - Amen

• 408. Pablo V,  |  September 1st, 2007 at 1:51 am

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• 409. cygan4ever  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:10 am

  we signed diarra! intersesting…

  song will never play for arsenal again, I think…

• 410. p48  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:27 am

  hmmm.not sure

• 411. p48  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:28 am

  amazed that chelski sold us someone

• 412. p48  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:31 am

  AW decided not to strengthen the squad. doesn’t matter what oiigarch……AW could pretty much buy n e 1 he wanted to….decided not to…..Areseki won’t make any difference

• 413. p48  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:36 am

  Gotta ask a question, AW’s decided that we won’t challenge this year. Another year of transition. Fair enuf ….we’ll do ok this year but we won’t challenge for the title…..where do we go from here?

• 414. p48  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:39 am

  bottom line is song….AW wil stick with song like stepanovs, etc. A reall gooner would be used to it by now

• 415. p48  |  September 1st, 2007 at 2:40 am

  WTF have nwe bought diarra for?

• 416. Li'l John  |  September 1st, 2007 at 4:25 am

  So since most of you say that there will be a Diaby and Diarra partnership in midfield for the future, Cesc’s one way ticket back to Catalonia will surely be booked next summer then?

• 417. Flu0  |  September 1st, 2007 at 4:25 am

  Good squad player, gonna be a great defensive mid in future.

• 418. Li'l John  |  September 1st, 2007 at 4:30 am

  BTW do Hleb and Rosicky think they are too tough to wear shin guards? I saw pictures from the city game, neither of them is wearing any.

• 419. Non Edible Nacho  |  September 1st, 2007 at 5:10 am

  Versatile squad. Remember those two words, davey.

• 420. ey  |  September 1st, 2007 at 5:52 am

  They just have small slip ons and short socks. That’s what small, nimble players do.

• 421. Geekov  |  September 1st, 2007 at 7:16 am

  373, i must disagree, y-fronts man wins that award by a long long way, have you ever read anything he posts

• 422. munitionsman  |  September 1st, 2007 at 7:29 am

  I think Diarra is a great signing and I was sure we would sign him, not because is so fantastic, but because he is french. AW is a racist, but he is OUR racist. Diarra has all the kind of qualities we want and if he truely is the makelee of the future then all the better. I fail to see the connect with cesc, if anything this will free him up to do the creative stuff. A great debutante for AW.

  O BTW only kidding about AW being racist, thats the wrong word. He is a nationlist, like every other manager he gets players with the same back ground as himself. Like Benitez moronyo and that prick hughes. I would rather have french than welsh any day. Except gareth bale cos he is a good player….

• 423. ihatemanuandchelsea  |  September 1st, 2007 at 10:15 am

  Hello there fellow goonners! I am currently on holiday in Russia and the reputation that follows Usmanov here is not very favourable - he is considered a complete crook of the very worst kind. (this is not an opinion of just poor envious russians) This is terrible news for Arsenal! We’re not the first premier club that has now got blood money and stolen money attached to it - man city and chelsea are still well ahead of us in that department… This whole story is very unfortunate. What was Dein thinking?!?

• 424. Li'l John  |  September 1st, 2007 at 10:43 am

  Thanks for explaining ey. Appreciate it.

• 425. Tony  |  September 4th, 2007 at 8:54 am

  Fizsman vs. Dein:

  Besides being a big shareholder, can somebody tell me what the hell Danny (Swiss Expat) Fizsman does for the club? How does he help? How does he contribute? From my perspective Dein has tangibly been involved in improving the club. I don’t see this changing. It doesn’t matter that he picked a Russian financial partner…money is money.

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